NHK World Special Programs

A Hidden Bond: Japan's 400 Years of Correspondence with the Pope (2020x7)

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In November of 2019, Pope Francis visited Japan. It was only the second time a pope had visited the country, but the correspondence between Japan and the Vatican stretches back centuries, to a time when believers faced persecution. "Hidden Christians" in Nagasaki Prefecture and elsewhere dreamed of a day when their leader would come to guide them. For their descendants, that long-awaited day has come.