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a source oF Hope

Hundreds of people were drawn every day to his camp, which
became a welcoming home in the desolation of Nagasaki. Emperor
Hirohito, Pope Pius XII, Evita Peron and other people from the world
of politics and culture came to visit him or gave him gifts, along with
a crowd of countless people.
God’s love became visible in Takashi: this was the reason why
so many people felt attracted to the humble doctor, sick and poor by
choice.

deatH ENGAGEMENT, MATRIMONY AND CHILDREN

Takashi died on May 1, 1951. For his funeral, the city of
Nagasaki stopped, church bells rang, and the sirens of the factories
and the port sounded. On his tomb were the words he had asked be
written: «We are unprofitable Servants; we have done what we were
obliged to do». (Lk 17:10)