"In some rural areas even today, elderly villagers face the rising sun each morning, clap their hands together, and hail the appearance of the sun over the peaks of the nearby mountains as 'the coming of the kami,' " — so wrote historian Takeshi Matsumae in "The Cambridge History of Japan," published in 1993. W hat is Shinto? There is no answer; its devotees hardly seek one. Who or what are the ... Click here for full story |
MACERATA, Italy, MARCH 9, 2010 ( Zenit.org ).- Father Matteo Ricci always had a profound love for the Church and for the Chinese people, Benedict XVI affirmed. Click here for full story |