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Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament carried through the streets of London, accompanied by hundreds of Catholics

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Happy Feast Day of Pope St. John XXIII!

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Jesus and Mary

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In honor of yesterday's feast day of Francis of Assisi, here is Japanese Catholic artist Okayama Seikyo's rendition of the saint.

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Father Leon, a Korean virtual YouTuber affiliated with the Diocese of Suwon, has seen success with his online catechesis program "Holy Live." 10 baptisms have been reported as a result of a recent broadcast, aside from the general interest generated among young viewers.

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The Roman Catechism of the Council of Trent has been recently fully translated into Korean by Father Hwang Chi-heon of the Diocese of Suwon. 1/2

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A hanging scroll depicting a resurrected Christ painted by Japanese artist Otake Etsudō (1868-1931). Etsudō was a very late convert to Catholicism, receiving baptism a mere three years before his death. This is his only known Christian painting.

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During Mass at St. Gabriel the Archangel Church in Hopkins, Minnesota, a Catholic priest wept while consecrating the chalice. Later, he said he experienced Jesus shedding His blood and, at one point, could not lift the chalice because it felt so heavy.

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Today also marks the feast day of a number of the Martyrs of Japan: Blesseds Charles Spinola (pictured), Francis Takea, Caspar Kotenda, and Peter Ikiemon.

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September 11th marks the feast day of Saint Jean-Gabriel Perboyre, Vincentian missionary to China and martyr. He was crucified and strangled on this date in 1840.

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"The Virgin Mary Goes to See Elizabeth," a 1936 painting by Wang Suda. The Chinese text above the illustration is an excerpt from the Gospel of Luke known as the Magnificat.

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St. Teresa of Kolkata, friend of the poor and dying, pray for us!

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In the Italian city of Macerata, the birthplace of Venerable Matteo Ricci, you can visit a statue titled "Ricci and Xu Talk about the Way," depicting Ricci and Chinese Catholic magistrate Xu Guangqi deep in conversation.

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On August 31st, the diocese of Datong in Shanxi, China, received its first bishop in over 20 years. Paul Liu Honggang was appointed by Pope Leo XIV on August 10, 2026, and was ordained yesterday in a ceremony led by Bishop Joseph Shen Bin of Shanghai.

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A fan painted by Kanō Sōshū in the late 16th century depicting a Catholic church in Kyōto, Japan, most likely the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary.

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According to scholar Andrew C. Ross, the Jesuit approach to the mission in Japan was top-down, with an early focus on the elite strata, but it did penetrate to the lower classes of society. Craftsmen, peasants, fishermen, etc., made up the vast majority of Catholics in Japan.

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"Jesus Washes the Disciples' Feet," by Chinese artist Chen Yuandu.

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The world does not need an artificial intelligence that diminishes humanity; rather, it needs human intelligence enlightened by wisdom, political authority guided by conscience and technological innovation directed by charity. Only then will artificial intelligence become not a rival to humanity but a servant of the common good.

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A deeply moving account of a Chinese Catholic grandfather grappling with forgiveness in the wake of the carnage of the Boxer Uprising. From "Making Catholicism Chinese" by Stephanie M. Wong.