Talk:Catholic Church in Japan

message: The number of Catholics in Japan is too low.  There are currently 1.2 million Catholics in Japan and we are just over 1% of the population.  These numbers can be checked with the Bishop's Council of Japan as well as with the Japanese Government's ministry of Justice.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 219.127.251.137 (talk) 03:51, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Number of Catholics

message: There ought to be an separate article on Holy See – Japan relations, which would talk about the mainly diplomatic and politcal aspects of Japan's relations with the Church.  ADM (talk) 14:30, 24 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Holy See - Japan relations

message: The second image on the wikipedia article, however meant to illustrate the presence of Christians in Japan, is mistakenly identified as Melaka-St Paul-Dutch graves, when in fact the heraldry, names, and epigraphs on the graves are distinctly Portuguese. The only exception is the episcopal tomb (belonging to a member of the Society of Jesus), which is in Latin.
Transcriptions:
1st from the left (Portuguese):
'ESTA SEPVL[TUR]A E DE R CO...E DE A DA NELA T...NADA SVA MOLHER QUE FOI MORDOMO DESTA CASA DE NOSSA S[E]N[HO]RA MADRE DE DEOS MVITOS ANOS HO QVAL FALECEO AOS 29 DE MARCO DE 1568 ANOS PATER NOSTER'
Translation: 'This grave is of R Co... and of A... of ... his wife, who was steward in this house of Our Lady Mother of God many years, and who passed away on the 29th of March in the year 1568. Our Father'
2nd from the left (Latin):
'HIC IACET DOMINVS PETRVS SOCIETATIS IESU SECVNDVS EPISCOPVS IAPONENSIS OBIIT AD ERETVM SINGAPVRAE MENSE FEBRVARIO ANNO 1598'
Translation: 'Here lies the lord Peter (possibly Dom Pedro) of the Society of Jesus, second Bishop of Japan, who died in Eretum[sic] of Singapore in the month of February, year of 1598.' 
3rd from the left (Portuguese):
'S. DE ANT.o PINTO DA FONSEQVA COMENDADOR DA ORDEM DE SANTIAGO PROVEDOR GDERAL QVE FOI DAS FORTALEZAS DA INDIA CAPITAM GERAL DO MAR E TERRA NAS PARTES DO SVL FALECEO AOS 27 DE DEZEMBRO DE 1635'
Translation: 'Tomb of Antonio Pinto da Fonseca Commander of the Order of St James, General Curator that he was of the Fortresses of India, General Captain of Sea and Land in the Regions of the South, died on the 27th December 1635.'
Coat of arms 1st quarter: Pinto; 3rd quarter: Fonseca
Helmet on the heraldic right: Arms granted, first generation.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.170.99.72 (talk) 15:52, 29 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dutch graves? 

message: There is a rich history of Catholicism in Japan—the original missionaries (notably including Francis Xavier), the persecution of the Church there (the Twenty-Six Martyrs, the Shimabara rebellion, the return of the Church to Japan—that is completely ignored in this article.  Given the paltry content of this article, I recommend merging the far more thorough History of Roman Catholicism in Japan into this page.  I'll add the banner on the main page.   Deus vult!   Crusadestudent (talk) 17:02, 11 May 2016 (UTC)
replies: text:   Since this is basically an empty article (it essentially says "it exists!" and lists the Japanese dioceses), could you support a merge in the other direction and a change of title on the other page?   Deus vult!   Crusadestudent (talk) 20:03, 11 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge proposal 

message: Hit "save" from the "review changes" screen, inadvertently lost ability to provide rationale.  The page on the Catholic Church does not introduce itself as "Roman", so neither should this article.  Deus vult!   Crusadestudent (talk) 17:40, 11 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reason for my last edit