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Shūsaku Endō, the Catholic novelist who bore witness to the love of God

March 01, 2023

The warmth of Christ shines through in his novels, says Daniel Frampton on the Japanese author’s centenary. “The thing we are most lacking in our modern world is love … the thing no one believes in any more; love is what everyone mockingly laughs at,” laments Fr Augustine Otsu, Shūsaku Endō’s tragic priest in Deep

Morning Catholic must-reads: 23/03/18

March 23, 2018

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Pope shares image of atomic bomb victims on eve of 2018

December 31, 2017

Photo shows a Japanese boy carrying his dead brother on his back

Morning Catholic must-reads: 29/08/17

August 29, 2017

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We should never forget the true horror of nuclear war

August 10, 2017

Nagasaki was like scene out of hell when the atomic bomb hit

‘Making Silence was like a pilgrimage,’ says Martin Scorsese

December 12, 2016

The director gave interviews to Jesuit publications ahead of the release of his new film about missionary priests in 17th century Japan

Morning Catholic must-reads: 02/12/16

December 02, 2016

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Foreign citizens urged to stay away from central Jakarta ahead of Islamist rally

December 01, 2016

Last month 100,000 people protested over the alleged blasphemy of the city's Christian governor

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