Fr. Nicolás says he is also ready to face apparent failures. Following the second world war, the Jesuits were convinced that Japan was fertile ground for a great missionary expansion.For this reason, they sent top-notch personnel to the country. But the massive conversions to the Catholic faith didn't happen.
Japan is not the only crucial frontier for Christianity in Asia. But in any case, it is coming under increasing attention from the Church of Rome. A sign of this attention will come on November 24, 2008, with the beatification in Nagasaki of the Jesuit Peter Kibe Kasui and his 187 companions, martyred between 1603 and 1639.
Link to a lengthy and compelling article in Chiesa Espresso (here)
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