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A Christian Century
By Fr Jacquel MEP The evangelisation of Japan begun in 1549 by St Francis Xavier and his companions was followed by a wonderful blooming of the Church. This was however, brutally interrupted: the new power of the Shoguns, which ended a divided Japan, ordered all the missionaries to be expelled, which left the communities without […]