MICHAEL WALSH: Posterity may well recall that the Christian West and 4,000 years of European-led empires were the first to disembowel themselves.

A century-long process inflicted by a nihilistic ruling elite that simply no longer wanted to continue its existentialist course.

Such thoughts occurred to me when I contemplated the willful incineration of one of the world’s greatest cities simply because it was Christian.

Nagasaki

When I think of Nagasaki, I think of yet another crucifixion of Jesus Christ in a chain of accelerating events that sealed the fate of the White Christian world which we survivors inherited.

On August 9, 1945, an American atomic bomb destroyed Nagasaki. In one cruel flash, the apocalyptic weapon extinguished the historic beating heart of Eastern Christianity.

​A Legacy Born in 1549

​1549: St. Francis Xavier arrived in Japan bringing Catholicism with him and his small band of disciples. Nagasaki’s rapid conversion to Christianity earned it the title ‘Little Rome.’

Within 30 years, the Christian flock numbered 130,000 faithful devotees.

​1597: It wasn’t a conversion lacking in pain and strife. Severe persecution began with the execution of the 26 Martyrs of Nagasaki, who were crucified and pierced with spears.

​From 1615–1622: Christianity was completely banned. In 1622 alone, 56 devout Christians were burned alive or beheaded whilst praying in Nagasaki.

​Centuries in Secret

For 250 years, the ‘Hidden Christians’ preserved the faith without priests. To survive, they were forced annually to trample images of Christ and Mary to prove they weren’t Christian.

​Resurrection and The Urakami Cathedral

​1865: When Japan reopened to the outside world, French priest Fr. Bernard Petitjean was approached by secret believers from Urakami who had passed down baptism for generations.

​In 1925, the community of devout Christians completed the Urakami Cathedral.

The largest Christian edifice in East Asia, the pathway to Christ was built precisely on the land where Christians were once forced to trample holy images.

​The Crucifixion of August 9, 1945

At 11:02 AM, as local Catholics prepared for the Feast of the Assumption, using the cathedral’s spire as a landmark, the American-made and delivered atomic bomb was detonated directly over the Urakami district,

​8,500 of Nagasaki’s 12,000 Catholics were slain

​3 orders of nuns and an entire Catholic school were wiped out. Survivors recalled nuns singing through the ruined streets before collapsing.

​Venerable Fulton Sheen later noted that the attack marked a profound shift in global morality, a moment where technology was unleashed to inflict hell on Earth. ​

Today, the Christians account for less than 1% of the Japanese population.

‘…they (Hiroshima and Nagasaki) were Catholic cities that held the largest Catholic populations in Japan. They were bombed on a Catholic Holy Feast Day, and the target was the Catholic Cathedral in the centre of town.

The author being Pres. Truman, who was rewarded by the Freemasons, the 33rd degree Mason right afterwards. – Taylor Caldwell, American novelist. Let readers know what you think

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