SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Fifty years after beginning its international development cooperation efforts, the Catholic Church in South Korea has transformed from an aid recipient to a leading donor in Asia, highlighting the nation’s remarkable economic transformation. According to Caritas Korea International, the Church’s international aid efforts began in 1975 with the establishment of [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Young South Koreans believe that the Catholic Church is a rich and isolated institution, a poll showed Thursday. The Catholic Pastoral Institute of Korea conducted a survey of 1,000 South Koreans over 19 years of age, in which 64.6 percent of those in their 20s thought of the Catholic [...]
SEOUL, April 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Catholic churches in Seoul on Thursday held their first Masses in about two months as South Korea is preparing to go back to normal, months after the start of the coronavirus outbreak. Some 150 people participated in a Mass held at Myeongdong Cathedral in central Seoul starting at 10 [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Catholic Church has decided to suspend all public Masses across the country, the first such decision in the church’s 236-year history, to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus. All 16 dioceses of the Catholic Church made the decision since the dioceses of Daegu, the southeastern city [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A new Catholic church will open this week in the Joint Security Area (JSA) on the inter-Korean border, the Military Ordinariate of Korea said Tuesday. The ordinariate will hold a Mass at the new JSA church in the truce village of Panmunjom in Paju, north of Seoul, Wednesday to [...]
SEOUL, March 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The #MeToo movement calling out sexual harassment is spreading like wildfire through the religious world in South Korea, prompting leaders to take countermeasures. According to reputable sources on Sunday, the scandal surrounding several attempted rapes by a Catholic priest who was only identified as Han has inspired followers of other [...]
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“People should not exploit other people’s tragedy for their causes. Those who want to realize justice are likely to exploit the situation for their own sake. They should know that only God is one who can realize it.” “I want to be nonpolitical.” “I hope families hurt by the Sewol tragedy could make a concession [...]