Word: itagura
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Next day a priest of the diocese, wiry, plain-spoken Father Utaka Itagura, began instructions. From 4 in the morning to nearly midnight each day, his eager postulants came in groups of 60. "Most of them thought they could become Catholics in a hurry," he laughed. By August, he hopes, some of them may be ready for baptism, but he is making no promises...
Last week one of Saga's five Buddhist priests watched the black-cassocked figure of his new friend, Father Itagura, descending the ancient steps of the Buddhist temple after a chatty afternoon visit. Though he may soon be without a flock, he was not bitter. "You see," he observed with true Buddhist detachment, "whether God says a thing or Buddha says it, it's still the same message. I only wish, and wish very strongly, that everyone may kneel with a beautiful heart before the altar...
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