VATICAN, Oct. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Pope Francis expressed his willingness Thursday to visit North Korea if officially invited, also saying he will “certainly” respond to such an invitation from the communist state. The remarks came in a meeting with South Korean president Moon Jae-in, who paid a courtesy call on the pope to deliver [...]
VATICAN CITY, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The Vatican has reacted cautiously to a veteran South Korean politician’s remarks about Pope Francis’ possible visit to North Korea next spring. Paloma Garcia Ovejero, deputy spokesperson of the Holy See, told Yonhap News Agency on Monday that the Vatican has nothing to comment on speculation about the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Pope Francis met with South Korean religious leaders during a courtesy visit over the weekend, and expressed concerns over the heightened tension in the region after North Korea’s latest nuclear test. In an address to the delegation of the Korean Council of Religious Leaders, consisting of representative of the Catholic [...]
WAYNE, PA, Mar. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – BetterWorldians Radio today announced that Vatican journalist Andrea Tornielli is a featured guest on the online show and podcast (BetterWorldiansRadio.com). BetterWorldians Radio inspires listeners with the people and ideas that are making the world a better place. Tornielli told listeners about the new book, The Name of God [...]
SEOUL, March 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Six out of ten Koreans have a favorable opinion of Pope Francis. Koreans’ fondness for the pope was higher than the global average, as Koreans seemed to be in favor of the pope regardless of their religion. According to a survey conducted on 1,500 adults nationwide by the Gallup [...]
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 24, 2015 (Korea Bizwire) — ESM Productions and The World Meeting of Families today announced the satellite transmission coordinates for the papal events taking place in Philadelphia on Saturday, September 26, 2015 and Sunday, September 27, 2015. The satellite feeds are open to the global news media for coverage purposes; all images and [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — A stone was placed in a ceremonial plaza in downtown Seoul on Sunday to commemorate Pope Francis‘ visit to South Korea last year. The floor tile was put at the northern tip of Gwanghwamun Plaza, where the pope led a mass to beatify Korean martyrs a year ago. The [...]
SEOUL, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) — CL, a member of popular South Korean girl group 2NE1, ranked No. 2 on TIME magazine‘s online voting for its 100 most influential people of 2015 list, according to the magazine’s website Tuesday. Russian President Vladimir Putin ”edged out rapper-singer CL to claim the number one spot with 6.95 percent [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Kia Motors’ “Soul” which was rated “poor” in a collision test last year drastically improved its crash-safety rating this year with new Soul 2015 model to “good.” The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) of the U.S. announced on September 16 the recent result of the small overlap test of [...]
![[Quote] Pope Francis Sends Thank You Letter to Korea](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Pope_Francis_Korea_Haemi_Castle_19.jpg "[Quote] Pope Francis Sends Thank You Letter to Korea")
“Pope Francis appreciated KBS for its endeavors during the visit to Korea since the broadcasting company cooperating with other broadcasters and the press corps put forth their utmost efforts to let citizens around the world know his stay from August 14 to 18.” “He promised to pray for Korea every day. May the God bless [...]