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Japanese Christians honour dead

Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 14:37 -0700
by Mayhem
For those killed in the 17th century for their faith...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-p ... 745455.stm

Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 15:19 -0700
by Stan Sakai
The Mainichi Shimbun website also had a story on this a few days ago:

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/features/news/20 ... 1000c.html

Ouch

Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 23:55 -0700
by tru2gzus
Thank you for sharing those news stories. It was something I was aware of in Japan's past (anyone who's watched the mini-series from the 80's called SHOGUN can 'see' how Japanese used torture often) and to see those who died, in the name of Christ, honored is great.