Tag: Korea
Pope Francis: St. Andrew Kim Taegon teaches us ‘we must not...
When the Korean Catholic was a seminarian, he needed to find a way to secretly welcome foreign missionary priests to Korea
11.3 percent of Koreans are Catholics, latest figures reveal
The “Statistics of the Korean Catholic Church 2022” noted that 11.3 percent of the country’s population are Catholics
Korean film recounts martyred Catholic priest’s short life of sacrifice, adventure
The biographical movie on the life of St. Andrew Kim Tae-gon sheds light on the birth of Korea's first priest
‘Comfort women’ statues as reminders of Japanese wartime atrocities
The comfort women campaign highlights the urgency for justice as attempts to whitewash history and to distort narratives continue
More than 150 killed in Halloween stampede in Seoul
Eyewitnesses described being trapped in a narrow, sloping alleyway, and scrambling to get out of the suffocating crowd
Abe murder spotlights Unification Church controversy in Japan
The assassination of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe by a man resentful of the Unification Church has resurfaced years of controversy over the...
Korean archbishop expresses hope country’s new president to work for unity,...
"I hope he will keep his promises to restore justice with a policy of unity and not of division,” said Archbishop Peter Chung Soon-taick
Kkottongnae opens first seminary outside Korea in Philippine province
The formation house was inaugurated on January 17, seven years after Pope Francis’ visit to the province in 2015
New archbishop of Seoul vows to walk path of unity, reconciliation
The archbishop said priority has been identified in young people, to be recipients of special programs of evangelization and youth ministry
Pope Francis receives cross made from barbed wire from North Korean...
The cross given to the pope is one of 136 crosses created from melted-down barbed wire from the demilitarized zone
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