On this small island in rural Nagasaki, Japan’s Hidden Christians gather to worship what they call the Closet God.

By and large I am a law-abiding sole, not prone to petty crime, but I have to admit I once stole the lunch of the Dowager, Lady Jane Birdwood, ...

The expulsion edict was formally revoked in 1968, following the Second Vatican Council, which revised the Catholic Church's relationship with the Jews. The Spanish Jews who ended up in Turkey, North ...

On the rural islands of Nagasaki a handful of believers practice a version of Christianity that has direct links to a time of samurai, shoguns and martyred missionaries and believers.

March 31, 1492: The Alhambra Decree (also known as the Edict of Expulsion) was signed by Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain, ordering the expulsion of practicing Jews by July 31. As a ...

The revised edict for our expulsion from the soil of Japan still stands as when we wrote you last, viz.: that we give up the port of Kanagawa and remove to the two extremes of the empire Nagasaki ...

Just months later, the Edict of Expulsion forced tens of thousands of Jews to flee their homeland, victims of Spain’s growing obsession with “blood purity.” ...

Just months later, the Edict of Expulsion forced tens of thousands of Jews to flee their homeland, victims of Spain’s growing obsession with “blood purity.” ...

Edict by the tsarina of Waterville: As someone who is very smart and went to the very best school, to protect Waterville jobs and expand economic development, I am closing the borders to Winslow ...