SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A statue of St. Andrew Kim Tae-gon (1821-1846), the first Korean native Catholic priest, was erected at St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City on Tuesday (local time). The statue was installed by the outer wall of St. Peter’s Basilica, adjacent to the entrance to the Vatican Grottoes, where most [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A sculpture of Korea’s first Catholic priest, St. Andrew Kim Tae-gon (1821-1846), will be erected on the exterior wall of St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea said Friday. Preparations have been under way since Archbishop Lazzaro You Heung-sik‘s proposal for Kim’s statue was [...]
SEOUL, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The Catholic Archdiocese of Seoul has made a public apology for the recent controversy over possible transactions of the remains of St. Andrew Kim Tae-gon, the first native Korean Catholic priest. “We apologize to all people who are concerned about recent news on relics of St. Andrew Kim Tae-gon,” [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Part of the remains of St. Andrew Kim Tae-gon, the first native Korean Catholic priest, will be enshrined in an African country, the Catholic church here said Wednesday. Cardinal Andrew Yeom Soo-jung, the archbishop of Seoul, handed over the relic to Monsignor Julien Kabore, charge d’affaires of the Apostolic [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The Catholic Church of South Korea will begin celebrations of the 200th birth anniversary of St. Andrew Kim Tae-gon, the first native Catholic priest of Korea, next week. Born on Aug. 21, 1821, in Dangjin, South Chungcheong Province, about 100 kilometers south of Seoul, Kim was ordained a priest [...]