Can Japan’s tiny Catholic minority survive country’s secularisation and low birth rate?

In the broad daylight of a turbulent history, Catholicism in Japan faces two new challenges, as I learned on a recent visit to the country: a dwindling population and an increasingly non-religious society. The situation leaves the Church’s leadership there mulling over Christianity’s survival. Japan’s fertility rate has fallen to its lowest since records began, The post Can Japan’s tiny Catholic minority survive country’s secularisation and low birth rate? appeared first on Catholic Herald.

Oct 2, 2024 - 12:00
Can Japan’s tiny Catholic minority survive country’s secularisation and low birth rate?
In the broad daylight of a turbulent history, Catholicism in Japan faces two new challenges, as I learned on a recent visit to the country: a dwindling population and an increasingly non-religious society. The situation leaves the Church’s leadership there mulling over Christianity’s survival. Japan’s fertility rate has fallen to its lowest since records began, The post Can Japan’s tiny Catholic minority survive country’s secularisation and low birth rate? appeared first on Catholic Herald.

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