My Way News - Japanese Christian martyrs to be beatified
AP reports: "Samurai warriors, housewives and children were crucified, thrown into hot springs and tortured, but refused to renounce their religion. Japan's extraordinary but relatively unknown history of Christian persecution is finally receiving recognition in a beatification of 188 martyrs."

Comment: I'm really surprised to learn about this history of persecution. I knew that there was a long and storied history of missionaries in Japan, but I didn't know about the persecution, I'm glad they are being honored.