SEOUL, June 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean Catholic Church expressed its clear opposition to the legislation of the so-called “well-dying law” recently proposed in the National Assembly. The Catholic Archdiocese of Seoul’s Committee for Life said Monday that what terminal patients need to reduce pain and face death with dignity aren’t acts that [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Pope Francis appointed Bishop Peter Chung Soon-taek as new Catholic archbishop for Seoul and apostolic administrator of Pyongyang on Thursday. The Catholic Archdiocese of Seoul said the decision was reached at noon Thursday in Rome, or 7 p.m. Thursday in Seoul. Chung, 60, was promoted to archbishop upon his [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Catholic believers now have a weaker sense of practicing faith after COVID-19 took a heavy toll on various Catholic activities such as mass and other rituals that require physical contact, a survey showed Wednesday. The Catholic Times, the Daegu-based religious newspaper, conducted a survey with the Woori Theology Institute [...]
JEONJU, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The remains of three people known as the first Korean Catholic martyrs have been recovered in Wanju two centuries after their deaths, the Diocese of Jeonju said Wednesday. The remains were identified as those of Paul Yun Ji-chung and James Kwon Sang-yeon, who were beheaded in 1791, and Yun’s [...]
ROME, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Pope Francis on Saturday thanked the South Korean Catholic community for sharing donations to provide COVID-19 vaccines to poor countries and prayed for the continued efforts toward the reconciliation of the Korean Peninsula. In a special papal message delivered by South Korean archbishop Lazzaro You Heung-sik, Pope Francis praised [...]
SEOUL, May 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A total of 6,705 native Koreans have joined the Roman Catholic priesthood in the 237 years of the Catholic history in the country, a report showed Tuesday. According to the 2021 directory published by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea, the list of ordained priests includes Father Andrea Kim, [...]
SEOUL, May 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans bade farewell Saturday to the country’s second Roman Catholic Cardinal Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk in a funeral Mass at Seoul’s landmark cathedral. Cheong, who was given the title of cardinal in 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI, died Tuesday night at a Seoul hospital at the age of 89. [...]
SEOUL, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Cardinal Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk, former Catholic archbishop of Seoul, died Tuesday, Catholic officials said. He was 89. Cheong passed away of old age at 10:15 p.m. at a Seoul hospital for treatment, according to officials. He had been hospitalized since February due to an unspecified ailment. For years, he [...]
SEOSAN, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The Haemi Martyrdom Holy Ground, a Catholic sacred place in Seosan, central South Korea, has been proclaimed as an official international pilgrimage site by the Vatican, the city government said Tuesday. The Holy See designated and proclaimed the Seosan martyrdom holy ground, also known as the Shrine of Haemi, [...]
INCHEON, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Incheon, a port city west of Seoul, said Wednesday it plans to build a public park commemorating Yi Seung-hun, one of the first Roman Catholic martyrs in Korea. The city government and the Diocese of Incheon signed an agreement to build a historical park and museum by June 2022 [...]