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Cori Nunes 3 seconds ago
God just hates the Japanese for some reason.
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GOD.....YOU MEAN THIS god?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silence_%28novel%29
Silence (沈黙 Chinmoku?) is a 1966 novel of historical fiction by Japanese author Shūsaku Endō. It is the story of a Jesuit missionary sent to 17th century Japan, who endures persecution in the time of Kakure Kirishitan ("Hidden Christians") that followed the defeat of the Shimabara Rebellion. The recipient of the 1966 Tanizaki Prize, it has been called "Endo’s supreme achievement"[1] and "one of the twentieth century’s finest novels".[2] Written partly in the form of a letter by its central character, the theme of a silent God who accompanies a believer in adversity was greatly influenced by the Catholic Endō's experience of religious discrimination in Japan, racism in France, and a debilitating bout with tuberculosis.[3]...........
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GOD.....YOU MEAN THIS god?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silence_%28novel%29
Silence (沈黙 Chinmoku?) is a 1966 novel of historical fiction by Japanese author Shūsaku Endō. It is the story of a Jesuit missionary sent to 17th century Japan, who endures persecution in the time of Kakure Kirishitan ("Hidden Christians") that followed the defeat of the Shimabara Rebellion. The recipient of the 1966 Tanizaki Prize, it has been called "Endo’s supreme achievement"[1] and "one of the twentieth century’s finest novels".[2] Written partly in the form of a letter by its central character, the theme of a silent God who accompanies a believer in adversity was greatly influenced by the Catholic Endō's experience of religious discrimination in Japan, racism in France, and a debilitating bout with tuberculosis.[3]...........
Pls, just check the Wikipedia page of the author of the 'fiction':
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Dead in Tokyo father Pittau, Jesuit Sardinian-Japanese
ОтговорИзтриванеHe was 86 years old, the emotional farewell to Pope Francis Called from Wojtyla in 1998 became part of the Roman Curia Mario Girau
http://lanuovasardegna.gelocal.it/regione/2014/12/28/news/morto-a-tokyo-padre-pittau-gesuita-sardo-giapponese-1.10572955
He died the day before yesterday evening in Tokyo, aged 86, father Joseph Pittau, one of the most influential Jesuits of the past half century, direct collaborator of John Paul II. In a message sent yesterday to the superior general of the Society of Jesus, Father Adolfo Nicolás, Pope Francis defines father Pittau "exemplary minister of God lived for the sake of the Gospel," and remember "the generous missionary apostolate in Japan 'and' commitment as rector of the University of Tokyo and Sophia Gregorian University in Rome and as secretary of the Congregation for Catholic Education 1998-2003.
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Изтриване"........."It 'was a man who gave luster to Sardinia, Italy and the Church of our island, which he wanted to preserve the memory in his episcopal title of archbishop of Castra, ancient church of a diocese suppressed in 1503, in the territory Oschiri "says Monsignor Giovanni Dettori, who will preside over the funeral of his father Pittau (January 2 at 15:30 in the parish dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosary). After the cremation, a part of the ashes will be kept in Japan and another buried in the cemetery Villacidro. "Father Pittau was a great missionary, a great Jesuit and a great servant of the Church" is the photograph taken by Father Federico Lombardi, spokesman for the Pope, who recalled the human adventure and pastoral yesterday morning to Vatican Radio. A man at ease with everyone. With the great of the earth: a friend of Henry Kissinger and Ted Kennedy met in the three years he spent at Harvard University where he received his PhD in Political Science, and a personal friend of Empress Michiko, was born on the same day of the father Joseph who on 20 October each year sent greetings. But always near, as vicar and collaborator, the simple people in his parish of Tokyo where the Jesuit Sardinian fall in 2003, made 75 years and left the offices of the Vatican.
Joseph was born in Pittau Villacidro in 1928. He studied at the seminary of the diocese of Ales-Terralba, then flows to the regional Cuglieri to attend high school and theology. At 17 he decided to enter the Society of Jesus, which feeds a missionary spirit, with the demand for travel to Japan, a land where you sent - after graduating in Philosophy awarded in Barcelona - in 1952. Just 24 years old, remembers his father Lombardi, demonstrates "an ability to integrate, to learn the language, to get into the Japanese culture and society absolutely outstanding." In 1959 he graduated in theology and was ordained to the priesthood. He teaches political science at the University Sophia, run by the Jesuits in Tokyo, becoming rector from 1968 to 1981, while the "black pope", absolute leader of the disciples of St. Ignatius of Loyola, gives also the task of "provincial" number one for Jesuits working in the country of the rising sun.
The turning point in his life of religious voted to teaching and missionary organization, takes place in 1981, when John Paul II visited in Japan. Interpreter and guide during the trip of Pope Wojtyla's father Pittau, earning the esteem of the Pope who called him to Rome to assist Father Paolo Dezza, Commissioner of the Society of Jesus, as a result of serious illness that had struck the superior general, Pedro Arrupe. In 1984 the emperor gives it one of the highest honors: the Order of the Chrysanthemum. From 1992 to 1998 Father Pittau directs the Gregorian University. Monsignor Rino Fisichella, president of the Pontifical Council for the New Evangelization, remember the words of John Paul II on July 8 of 1998 justifies the appointment of Bishops Pittau father: "I wanted to call her to assume a greater responsibility in the service of the Roman Curia, as secretary of the Congregation for Catholic Education. In this new role she will be able to capitalize on the expertise gained. "
Father Lombardi recalled yesterday so the archbishop Sardinian: "We have a great debt of gratitude to him for what he did, not only here in Rome in the years when he was here, but in particular in the mission in Japan. Pittau father was a person of a spontaneity and ease of dealing with others, charming, always smiling, always friendly. "
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%ABsaku_End%C5%8D
Изтриване"..............Shūsaku Endō (遠藤 周作 Endō Shūsaku?, March 27, 1923 – September 29, 1996)[1] was a Japanese author who wrote from the rare perspective of a Japanese Roman Catholic.
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His alma mater is not the only university Endō is associated with. He first attended Waseda University for the stated purpose of studying medicine,[1] an interest in FRENCH CATHOLIC authors[3] precipitated[citation needed] a visit to the University of Lyon beginning in 1950,[6] and he has lectured at at least two Tokyo universities.[6] In 1956, he was hired as an Instructor at SOPHIA University,[2] and Seijo University assigned him the role of "Lecturer on the Theory of the Novel" in 1967.[5]"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophia_University
".......Sophia University (上智大学 Jōchi Daigaku?) is a private Jesuit research university in Japan, with its main campus located near Yotsuya station, in an area of Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward. It is ranked as one of the top private universities in Japan with the most selective admission (5% acceptance rate) and is known for its international academic climate. It takes its name from the Greek Sophia meaning "wisdom". The Japanese name, Jōchi Daigaku literally means "University of Higher Wisdom"......."