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WORLD / Society
Jul 14, 2014
Pope was told about 2 percent of priests are pedophiles: paper
About 2 percent of Roman Catholic clerics are sexual abusers, an Italian newspaper on Sunday quoted Pope Francis as saying, adding that the pontiff considered the crime "a leprosy in our house."
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 22, 2014
Pope blasts mobsters for their 'adoration of evil'
Pope Francis on Saturday issued the strongest attack on organized crime groups by a pontiff in two decades, accusing them of practicing "the adoration of evil" and saying mafiosi are excommunicated.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Jun 14, 2014
Happy endings: foreigners working in Japan's film industry
Film is supposed to be a universal language, but the film business in any given country is usually run by the locals for the locals. The one great exception is Hollywood, which has been making films for the world since the silent days and is open to talent, preferably English speaking, from around the...
Japan Times
WORLD
May 26, 2014
Pope wraps up Middle East trip with Jerusalem visit
Pope Francis completes a tour of the Holy Land on Monday, paying homage to Jews killed in the Nazi Holocaust and looking to affirm Christian rights at a disputed place of worship in Jerusalem.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 27, 2014
Hundreds of thousands watch two popes become saints
Pope Francis proclaimed his predecessors John XXIII and John Paul II saints in front of more than half a million pilgrims on Sunday, hailing both as courageous men who withstood the tragedies of the 20th century.
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WORLD / Society
Apr 12, 2014
Pope asks forgiveness for 'evil' of child abuse by priests
Pope Francis on Friday made his first public plea for forgiveness for the "evil" committed by priests who molested children, using some of his strongest words yet on the Roman Catholic Church's crisis over sexual abuse.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 7, 2014
Pope and Xi Jinping should be sharing notes
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Pope Francis would seem like natural enemies. Yet, these world leaders should really be sharing notes as their tasks of late are surprisingly similar.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 24, 2014
Pope warns of hazards in browsing 'God's gift'
Pope Francis rightly warns that although the variety of opinions being aired over the Web can be seen as helpful, it also enables people to barricade themselves behind sources of information that only confirm their own ideas.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 13, 2014
Why Pope Francis is right to call inequality unjust
To say that Pope Francis' preoccupation with inequality promotes the sin of envy and that inequality in itself is of no great account doesn't make much sense to Harvard lecturer on ethics and public policy.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 31, 2013
Pope Francis and the meteor
If, as researchers believe, a city-killer meteor arrives about once a century, then Earth is due. But we're not close to ready, and NASA lacks the money for a serious response system.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 30, 2013
Still-standing hope for peace
The only man of peace for whom there currently seems universal admiration and deference is Pope Francis.
Japan Times
WORLD / YEAR IN REVIEW 2013
Dec 25, 2013
A look back at the year's top 10 world news stories
Japan Times editors selected these world stories as the most important of 2013.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 17, 2013
Pope misunderstands the power of free markets
Pope Francis, unlike his more diplomatic predecessors, is said to engage the world in the style of after-dinner conversation. As a result, his recent remarks about the power of free markets seemed vague or poorly considered.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 15, 2013
What would the president, pope and Jesus do about the growing gap between rich and poor?
The week before last Pope Francis and U.S. President Barack Obama separately weighed on what each would do about the growing gap between the rich and poor. The pontiff was more moral and dramatic, while the president had to couch his analysis in American self-interest.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 29, 2013
Even Pope Francis waits for Putin
Being 50 minutes late for his first meeting with Pope Francis was nothing unusual for Russian President Vladimir Putin. That's just the way he is — a character trait that provides some insight into his attitude toward power.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Nov 27, 2013
Pope criticizes unfettered capitalism in statement
Pope Francis on Tuesday sharply criticized growing economic inequality and unfettered markets in a lengthy paper outlining a populist philosophy that he says will guide his papacy as he pushes the Catholic Church to reach out more, particularly to the disenfranchised.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Nov 27, 2013
Pope denounces trickle-down economics in critique of inequality
Pope Francis on Tuesday sharply criticized growing economic inequality and unfettered markets in a lengthy paper outlining a populist philosophy that he says will guide his papacy as he pushes the Catholic Church to reach out more, particularly to the disenfranchised.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 10, 2013
Past a papal-centric church
Pope Francis is raising eyebrows by criticizing the Catholic Church's obsession with 'small-minded rules' and narrow issues as well as its heretofore Vatican-centric view.

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