A dialogue of 30 years: the friendship between Nikkyō Niwano and Chiara Lubich
As the Council declaration Nostra Aetate affirms, ‘the Catholic Church rejects nothing that is true and holy in these religions’ and ‘considers with sincere respect those ways of acting and of life…
Christians in Japan. A small herd with deep roots.
After 400 years Christians are still a minority: less than half a million. This is the first thing we are told by Bishop Pietro Takeo Okada. He has been archbishop of Tokyo for the last 10 years. We met him Wednesday afternoon. He wonders why. However, nobody seems to know.
Committed to maintaining the presence of the Risen Jesus in the Christian community
On our arrival we were welcomed by a small crowd of about sixty people: mainly families with children, some of whom were quite small…
Munehiro Niwano, Dean of the Risshō Kōsei-kai Gakurin Institute
The final aim: world peace
History: that handshake between the Pope and the Buddhist
On 14 September 1965, at the opening of the final session of the Second Vatican Council, another unforgettable Pope, Paul VI, exhorted the Council fathers saying: ‘The love which animates our communion does not set us apart from other men and women…
Japan is a country with a very rich culture that was built over centuries, leader of a stunning development. It is a fascinating world. This powerful definition is from Mons. Alberto Bottari de Castello, the Vatican Ambassador to Japan since 2006. It is the impression received as soon as you land at Narita, the international airport of Tokyo…
Buddha and Christianity
Reflections: to know the other is “to be born as one”
by Munehiro Niwano, dean of the Gakurin Institute of the Risshō Kōsei-kai
Stories from life/2: “It was like attending the Hoza meetings.”
by Munehiro Niwano, dean of the Gakurin Institute of the Risshō Kōsei-kai
Stories from life/1: “the Japanese popular song on the phone”
