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Modern & Global · CatholicOura ChurchNagasaki, JapanFrom c. 1864Oura Church connects architecture, worship, local community, and world Christian history through a foreign-settlement church where hidden Japanese Christians revealed themselves, linking persecution memory, mission return, heritage, tourism, and minority worshipRead the full history Modern & Global · CatholicUrakami CathedralNagasaki, JapanFrom c. 1925Urakami Cathedral connects architecture, worship, local community, and world Christian history through a cathedral built by descendants of hidden Christians, destroyed by the atomic bomb, relocated in memory debates, rebuilt, and used for peace witnessRead the full history Modern & Global · CatholicSt. Mary’s Cathedral, TokyoTokyo, JapanPresent cathedral completed 1964Kenzo Tange’s stainless-steel cathedral, rebuilt after wartime destruction as a luminous concrete cross within Japan’s small but historic Catholic community.Read the full history