For Japanese bishops, peace is based on human-centred societies
The "basis of peace is precisely the protection of human dignity," said Mgr Peter Takeo. As the Ten Days of Peace approach, the archbishop of Tokyo and president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Japan, finds inspiration in Pope John XXIII's Encyclical 'Pacem in Terris', a text that still "conveys a strong message to modern society even 50 years later."


