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1 posted on 11/24/2008 10:06:32 AM PST by NYer
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AFP – Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins (L), Representative of Pope Benedict XVI carries a wreath as he visits …
2 posted on 11/24/2008 10:08:00 AM PST by NYer ("Run from places of sin as from a plague." - St. John Climacus)
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Like a lot of Americans I get my history from pop culture (I know, I know)... I recall reading in “Shogun”, by Briish author James Clavell, that Nagasaki was a major center of Catholic dating from the late-1500’s. It should be noted that Nagasaki was the secondary target, however. I believe Kokura was the primary, but it was obscured by clouds. I don’t know what the religion break-down is for Kokura, so it might not make any difference.


3 posted on 11/24/2008 10:22:42 AM PST by Tallguy ("The sh- t's chess, it ain't checkers!" -- Alonzo (Denzel Washington) in "Training Day")
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What wonderful news!

I will need to research further the relationship of these recently canonized to the original twenty-six Martyrs of Japan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-six_Martyrs_of_Japan

for those interested in the history/story of the early Catholics in Japan..I recommend looking into the book "Silence" by a famous Catholic author Shusaku Endo...
be forewarned, it tries one's heart and will make you think deeply about the meaning of your own Faith
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silence_(novel)

14 posted on 11/24/2008 12:23:00 PM PST by xhrist ("You don't have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body. " - C.S. Lewis)
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