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‘A huge loss.’ In remote Nagasaki islands, a rare version of Christianity heads toward extinction
On this small island in rural Nagasaki, Japan ’s Hidden Christians gather to worship what they call the Closet God. In a ...
Takeaways from AP's reporting on looming extinction of rare version of Christianity in rural Japan
On the rural islands off the coast of Japan, a handful of believers practice a version of Christianity that has direct links to a time of samurai, shoguns and martyred missionaries. After ...
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‘A huge loss.’ In remote Nagasaki islands, a rare version of Christianity heads toward extinction
Tanimoto believes his ancestors continued the Hidden Christian traditions because becoming Catholic meant rejecting the Buddhism and Shintoism ... the Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ, their prayers ...
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'A huge loss.' In remote Nagasaki islands, a rare version of Christianity heads toward extinction
(AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) A scroll of the Virgin Mary and Jesus once secretly worshipped ... Catholic meant rejecting the Buddhism and Shintoism that had become a strong part of their daily ...