Yokohama (Agenzia Fides) - “We want to be a Church that transcends nationality” said Bishop Umemura Masahiro of Yokohama who recently assigned a diocesan priest to Brazil in an experiment of ‘reverse ...

Pope Francis has appointed Father Sulpizio Shinzo Moriyama, secretary-general of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan, as the new bishop of Oita Diocese. The appointment on April 5 came more than ...

Divine Word Father Daisuke Narui, the priest who led the Japanese Church's relief work following the devastating earthquake and tsunami a decade ago, has been named the new bishop of Niigata Diocese.

Yokohama (Fides Service) - The diocese of Yokohama, the largest by area of Japan’s 16 Catholic diocese, has a population of 172,000 Catholics, but 70% are non Japanese, they are immigrants come from ...

Bishop Edgar Gacutan blesses the faithful after his episcopal ordination and installation as the new bishop of Sendai diocese at the Mototera Koji Catholic Church on March 19. Filipino Bishop Edgar ...

A support centre has been set up in Kanazawa parish to collect aid from other dioceses for survivors of the earthquake that struck the area on New Year Day, killing 232. In the worst-hit towns of ...

A Filipino missionary priest has been chosen by Pope Francis to head the diocese of Sendai in Japan, according to a post on the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) website. Fr.