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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 31, 2020
Nuns arrested as Beijing turns up heat on Catholic Church in Hong Kong
The Catholic Church in Hong Kong is coming under mounting pressure as China moves to extinguish opposition voices in the city under a new national security law.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 25, 2020
Pope calls Uighurs ‘persecuted,’ prompting pushback from China
The reference to abuses against Uighurs, which Beijing has long denied despite mounting evidence, could tarnish the recent warming of relations between the Vatican and China.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 22, 2020
Your sexuality can make you enemy of the state in Poland
Once a model European Union country diligently integrating with its Western allies, Poland stands out even among eastern members for the way it is rebelling against Brussels.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 21, 2020
Pope says coronavirus should spark new environmental awareness
The drastic reduction in pollution during coronavirus lockdowns around the world should lead to greater concern for the environment as restrictions are lifted, Pope Francis said on Sunday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 3, 2020
Prosecutors to examine Nagasaki Catholic priest's alleged 'indecency'
Police have turned over to prosecutors their case on alleged "forced indecency" by a priest assigned to the Archdiocese of Nagasaki, according to informed sources.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 16, 2020
Pope names first woman to senior Vatican diplomatic post
Pope Francis on Wednesday named the first woman to hold a high-ranking post in the Secretariat of State, the male-dominated Vatican's diplomatic and administrative nerve center.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Jan 13, 2020
Japan's rockin' pastor: Counseling those living on a prayer
No ordinary pastor, Kazuhiro Sekino wields a bass guitar like a rock star to bring his congregation together.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jan 1, 2020
U.S. alarmed by China's trial and sentencing of Christian 'house' church pastor
The United States expressed alarm on Tuesday at the trial and sentencing to a nine-year prison term of the pastor of one of China's best-known unregistered "house" churches.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 22, 2019
Catholic priest in Nagasaki accused of sexual harassment
A woman in Nagasaki Prefecture has lodged a complaint with the police saying she was sexually harassed by a Catholic priest, it was learned Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 21, 2019
With visit to Japan, Pope Francis will fulfill decades-old dream of teaching the faith in Japan
Pope Francis' trip to Japan this weekend might fulfill a wish he gave up on decades ago as a young man in South America.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 21, 2019
Hibakusha cardinal who broke silence after pope's 1981 visit pins high hopes on Francis in Hiroshima
Many Japanese are looking forward to Pope Francis' visit to Japan on Saturday, including Shoji Fukahori, an 82-year-old Christian priest and hibakusha in Hiroshima.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Nov 9, 2019
Georgian police arrest more than 25 in clashes at gay movie premiere
Police in Georgia said Saturday they had arrested more than 25 people after ultra-nationalist protesters attempting to derail the premiere of an award-winning movie about gay love clashed with security forces.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Oct 5, 2019
New Zealand bishop resigns after woman accuses him of unacceptable sexual behavior
A Catholic bishop in New Zealand has resigned after a church body investigated a young woman's sexual complaint against him, a top church official has said.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Sep 14, 2019
Mari Fukumoto: Hamburg hit the right notes
Germany's history of church music and composers enticed organist Fukumoto to leave Tokyo for Hamburg.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Aug 21, 2019
Ex-Vatican treasurer George Pell loses appeal against sex abuse convictions in Australia
Former Vatican treasurer Cardinal George Pell lost an appeal against his conviction for sexually abusing two 13-year-old choir boys and will remain in prison for at least another three years, an Australian court ruled Wednesday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 14, 2019
Dozens of child sex abuse victims sue Catholic Church, others in New York after change in law
Dozens of people in New York state who were victims of sexual abuse as children sued the Roman Catholic Church in New York on Wednesday, the first day a new law temporarily enabled them to file lawsuits over decades-old crimes.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 12, 2019
Chile removes statute of limitations on child sex abuse amid Church crisis but new law not retroactive
Chilean President Sebastian Pinera signed into law on Thursday a bill to remove the statute of limitations on sex crimes involving children amid a sex abuse crisis that has rocked the country's Catholic Church and claimed more than 200 victims.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
May 15, 2019
Five U.S. abuse victims sue Vatican to release thousands of names of predator priests
Five U.S. men who say they were sexually abused as minors by Roman Catholic priests filed a federal lawsuit in Minnesota on Tuesday against the Vatican, accusing the church of concealing the identities of thousands of predator clergy members.

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