SEOUL, Oct. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has invited Pope Francis to visit Pyongyang and South Korean President Moon Jae-in will deliver the invitation when he meets the pope next week, a presidential official said Tuesday. Kim said he will “ardently welcome the pope if he visits Pyongyang.” Kim made the [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Religious followers of the Catholic Church in South Korea will now be able to tune into the Pope’s teachings in their mother tongue. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Seoul revealed today that Korean language service has been included on the Vatican’s official website, which conveys the teachings of the [...]
ROME, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) – A team of Italian experts has succeeded in the restoration of a globe at a museum dedicated to Pope John XXIII by using the Korean traditional paper “hanji” after one year of work, the South Korean consulate general in Milan said Sunday. The team, led by art conservationist Nella [...]
SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of baptized Catholics increased last year for the first time since 2010, apparently affected by Pope Francis’ first-ever visit to the country, the local church said on Wednesday. According to the official statistics released by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea, a total of 124,748 Catholics were baptized [...]