World Watch: Indo-Pacific Economic Prosperity?
The new trade deal among 14 countries, currently under negotiation, has the potential of affecting 28% of U.S. global trade.
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Tag: Japan
Lay Missioners To Receive Spirit of Mission Award
Returned lay missioners Merwyn and Kirstin De Mello will be honored with the Bishop McCarthy Award on World Mission Sunday, Oct. 23, 2022.
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Restoring Trafficked Victims to Life
As international coordinator, Maryknoll Sister Abby Avelino leads religious in Talitha Kum networks throughout the world to end human trafficking.
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As Anniversaries Approach, Japan’s Bishops Call for Prohibition of Nukes
Catholic bishops in Japan called for the prohibition of nuclear weapons as they announced a 10-day prayer program marking the anniversary of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings.
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Parishioners in Muroran Say, ‘Welcome Home, Father’
In Hokkaido’s port city of Muroran, in Higashi (East) Muroran Catholic Church, Maryknoll Father Frank Riha is considered one of their own.
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A Voice for Nuclear Victims
Maryknoll sister advocates for victims of Japan’s triple disaster caused by an earthquake, a...
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Changing Course in a Time of Crisis
When the first coronavirus case was reported in Japan last January—the second country to report a case after it appeared in Wuhan, China—the students at Tenshi College in the city of Sapporo, Hokkaido, had already finished their exams. There were only a few students around the campus where Maryknoll Father Kenneth Sleyman has been teaching for 19 years.
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Japan battles COVID-19 with self-regulation
The ability of citizens to regulate themselves has allowed Japan to end its COVID-19 emergency...
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Migrant Women in Japan: Victims No More
Two Maryknoll sisters empower and feel empowered helping women victims of domestic violence in...
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Kindling Faith with Immigrants in Japan
A Maryknoll priest in multicultural parishes accompanies immigrants in Japan as both pastor and...
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Immigrant Family in Mission
Mother and daughter are missioners to other migrants in Japan || [googlefont font=“Cormorant...
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