When God breaks His silence

The Portuguese Jesuit, Sebastian Rodrigues, is the central character of Shusaku Endõ's 1966 novel titled Silence, considered to be one of the best Catholic novels of the past 100 years. Rodrigues and Francisco Garrpe went to Japan in 1638 endowed with a missionary zeal for the persecuted Christians of Japan and in search of another Jesuit, Cristóvão Ferreira, a real stalwart of the community who was rumoured to have apostatised. (His apostasy is a historical fact). Rodrigues could not believe that his mentor would not have willingly submitted to a 'glorious' martyrdom. They arrive in Japan... This article is part of our premium content. Full story is available on Times of Malta Premium.

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