‘After Christ’s example, I forgive my persecutors. I do not hate them. I ask God to have pity on all, and I hope my blood will fall on my fellow men as a frui.
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The kakure kirishitan, or hidden Christians, have found themselves in the spotlight after an unassuming centuries-old vase is linked to their clandestine worship.
FUJISAWA, Kanagawa Prefecture A sculptor has almost completed a nearly 10-meter-tall wooden statue of Virgin Mary that he started carving 40 years ago to pray for the souls of thousands of people killed in Kyushu in the 17th century.