Japan

Japan church harnesses Facebook to speak to the masses

Parish reaches foreign community with multi-lingual communications

Habent papam

Can the Vatican become more democratic under Pope Francis?

Sendai holds tsunami anniversary Mass

Insignificance and irrelevance

Church needs to drop its obsession with power

Two years on, Takashi Sasaki's decision to stay put was the right one, he says

Standing up to Fukushima's nuclear threat

The new pope will need some energy

Expectations, challenges and hard work await

A life of joy and knowing Jesus

Fr Fujii embodied the best of a changing priestly tradition

For Pope Benedict, dreams did not come true

Many of his aims remain unfulfilled

Noodle seller tells how faith helps him relish his life

'The ramen wouldn’t sell, so I prayed,' says vendor

The housewife is the light of the family

There's a lot more to running a home than household chores

'Stork's Cradle' - a safe haven for unwanted newborns

Doctor launches 'baby hatch' for abandoned infants

How art can shape - or bend - our faith

The way we view images of Jesus has a bearing on our belief