Pope Francis’s four-day visit to Japan coincided with the 100th anniversary of the first diplomatic ties between Japan and the Holy See. In 1919, Rome sent the future cardinal Pietro Fumasoni Biondi to Japan to serve as the apostolic delegate, marking the beginning of a formal relationship between the Empire of Japan and the Vatican. Relations grew as the first apostolic nuncio to Japan, Cardinal Maximilien de Furstenberg, was named in 1958, following further dialogue between Emperor Hirohito and Pope Pius XII.
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pope francis’s four-day visit to japan coincided with the 100th anniversary of the first diplomatic ties between japan and the holy see. in ...
Shaun McAfee
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