This is Francis’ second visit to Japan. He came here in October 1987 to visit Jesuit missionaries as provincial.
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On last day in Thailand, Pope Francis tells missionaries to ‘give faith a Thai face and flesh’
The pope reminded priests, religious and seminarians that the fervor of evangelization “is nurtured by a double encounter: with the face of the Lord and with the faces of our brothers and sisters.”
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Pope Francis tells Thai Catholics to seek out family members missing from the Sunday table
To be “a missionary disciple is not a mercenary of the faith,” Pope Francis told the Catholics of Thailand, but rather “a humble mendicant” who longs to bring missing family members to the Sunday table.t
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Pope Francis focuses on human trafficking, migration and religious harmony on a busy day in Thailand
Pope Francis spent his first full day in Thailand meeting with the country’s prime minister and supreme patriarch of Buddhists.
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Welcoming Pope Francis after long flight, Thais keep it warm and informal
Arriving in Thailand after an 11-hour flight, Pope Francis was greeted by 11 children — one for each of the country’s dioceses.
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The first Jesuit arrived in Japan in 1549. Why are there so few Christians today?
On the eve of Pope Francis’ visit to Japan, an exclusive interview with Yoshio Kajiyama, S.J., the Hiroshima-born former provincial of the country’s Jesuits.
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What it means for Pope Francis to visit Thailand, a majority Buddhist country
Pope Francis is coming to “the land of interreligious dialogue” when he visits Thailand from Nov. 20 to Nov. 23 as “a pilgrim of peace.
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Pope Francis calls on Christians to remember the poor, ‘the treasure of the church’
“Wearing the label ‘Christian’ or ‘Catholic’ is not enough to belong to Jesus. We need to speak the same language as Jesus: that of love,” Pope Francis said as he celebrated the third World Day of the Poor.
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Pope Francis is going to Japan and Thailand: Here’s what you need to know
It will be his fourth trip to Asia since becoming pope.
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Pope Francis names Spanish Jesuit as new head of Vatican finances
Juan Antonio Guerrero Alves, S.J., a Spanish Jesuit with a degree in economics as well as considerable administrative and international experience, will take over as the new prefect of the Vatican’s Secretariat for the Economy on Jan. 1, 2020.