the Supreme Pontiff orders that this Legislative Decree “shall enter into force immediately and, bearing the seal of the State, be deposited in the Archives of the Laws of Vatican City State Photo: Vatican Media

A saintly samurai: progress and hopes for the canonization of the «Samurai of Christ

The possible canonization would be a significant milestone, marking Ukon as the first Japanese samurai to be declared a saint. The Church anxiously awaits the results of investigations into the miracles attributed to his intercession, in the hope that this «samurai of Christ» will soon become a saint officially recognized by the Catholic Church.