Japan's "Hidden Christian" population, members of the Japanese Catholic Church who had to go into hiding during intense religious persecution, will be getting a big boost this weekend from Pope ...

Pope Francis has landed in Japan to begin a four-day tour of the country, the first papal visit to the land in nearly four decades. The Pontiff is scheduled to meet with Japan’s Emperor ...

Pope Francis is in Japan for the second leg of a six-day trip to Asia, which began in Thailand Nov. 20-22. In addition to Tokyo, he will follow his predecessor St. Pope John Paul II in visiting ...

A Catholic devotee reads information on Pope Francis's visit during an early morning Mass at the Urakami Cathedral in Nagasaki, southern Japan, on Nov. 17, 2019.

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Describing himself as a "missionary pilgrim," Pope Francis finally fulfilled a more than five-decade-old desire to share the Gospel in Japan. Arriving in Tokyo Nov. 23 after a five-hour flight ...

Pope Francis at the Atomic Bomb Hypocenter Park, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2019, in Nagasaki, Japan. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) ...

Pope Francis has arrived in Japan for a four-day visit, where he is expected to call attention to the issue of capital punishment, which he contends is inhumane. Japan and the U.S. are the only G7 ...

TOKYO (AP) — Pope Francis denounced the “evil” of nuclear weapons on Saturday as he began a three-day visit to Japan and fulfilled a dream to be a missionary in ...

TOKYO — In the first visit to Japan by a pontiff in 38 years, Pope Francis on Monday edged close to calling for the renunciation of all nuclear power in a country that experienced the worst ...

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Pope Francis has landed in Japan to begin a four-day tour of the country, the first papal visit to the land in nearly four decades. The Pontiff is scheduled to meet with Japan’s Emperor Naruhito ...