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Pope Francis answers questions from reporters aboard his flight from Tokyo to Rome Nov. 26, 2019. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Financial scandal shows Vatican reforms are working, pope tells media

Cindy Wooden|Nov 26, 2019|6 Min Read

Pope Francis receives a welcome banner from the theology faculty at Jesuit-run Sophia University in Tokyo Nov. 26, 2019. (CNS photo/Vatican Media via Reuters)

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Pope ends Japan trip with visit to Jesuit university

Cindy Wooden|Nov 26, 2019|2 Min Read

Pope Francis kisses a baby before celebrating Mass in Tokyo Dome in Tokyo Nov. 25, 2019. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

World

Powerful nations protect all life, pope says in Japan

Cindy Wooden|Nov 25, 2019|4 Min Read

Pope Francis hugs Matsuki Kamoshita as he meets with victims of the March 11, 2011 Fukushima nuclear plant disaster in northern Japan Monday, Nov. 25, 2019, in Tokyo, Japan. (Jae Hong/AP via Crux)

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Echoing Japanese bishops, Pope backs abolition of nuclear power

Inés San Martín|Nov 25, 2019|8 Min Read

Pope Francis lays flowers during a visit to Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2019. (Gregorio Borgia/AP via Crux)

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Pope in Japan condemns those who invoke peace, but keep nuclear arms

Inés San Martín|Nov 24, 2019|5 Min Read

Pope Francis speaks during a meeting for peace at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial in Hiroshima, Japan, Nov. 24, 2019. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

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Pope calls money spent on nukes ‘an affront crying out to heaven’

Inés San Martín|Nov 24, 2019|6 Min Read

Pope Francis meets with Bishops at the Apostolic Nunciature in Tokyo, Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019. Pope Francis arrived in Japan earlier in the day for a three-day visit. (Gregorio Borgia/AP via Crux)

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Pope calls himself a ‘missionary pilgrim’ in Japan

Inés San Martín|Nov 23, 2019|7 Min Read

In this Nov. 16, 2019, photo, a man walks by a poster of Pope Francis at the Urakami Cathedral in Nagasaki, southern Japan. Pope Francis will start his first official visit to Japan in Nagasaki, ground zero for the Christian experience in a nation where the Catholic leader once dreamed of living as a missionary. (Eugene Hoshiko/AP via Crux)

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Nuclear disarmament to be focus of Pope’s visit to Japan

Inés San Martín|Nov 23, 2019|5 Min Read

Illustration of the Japanese Tanabata mythology. (stournsaesh/Shutterstock via CNA)

Faith

Tokyo archbishop: Japanese Shinto celebrations a chance for evangelization

Timothy Nerozzi|Nov 20, 2019|4 Min Read

Archbishop of Tokyo, Isao Kikuchi. (Image via CNA)

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Archbishop of Tokyo: ‘Collapse of traditional family system’ a challenge for irreligious Japan

Timothy Nerozzi|Nov 20, 2019|5 Min Read

The popemobile is seen in front of a Catholic church in Bangkok Nov. 12, 2019, ahead of Pope Francis' visit. The pope will visit Thailand Nov. 20-23 to celebrate the 350th anniversary of the establishment of the Apostolic Vicariate of Siam Mission, the first Catholic jurisdiction in what was to become Thailand. (CNS photo/Soe Zeya Tun, Reuters)

From child prostitution to nuclear arms, Pope has a big agenda in Asia

Inés San Martín|Nov 18, 2019|8 Min Read

A woman sets a floating candle lantern on the river Aug. 6, 2015, in Hiroshima, Japan, in observance of the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the city. Pope Francis' top aide made no secret of what will be on the pope's mind when he visits Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, Nov. 24: "the total elimination of nuclear weapons." (CNS photo/Paul Jeffrey)

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No nukes: Pope expected to take aim at new arms race during Japan trip

Cindy Wooden|Nov 7, 2019|4 Min Read

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