ROME, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s culture ministry will continue to work with the Vatican to utilize culture as a bridge for world peace and harmony, Seoul’s culture minister has said, as the two countries celebrate the 60th anniversary of their diplomatic ties. Yu In-chon made the remarks during a Mass held in [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea (CBCK) held a special Mass here Monday to commemorate the 60th anniversary of diplomatic ties between South Korea and the Holy See. In a message sent to the Mass at Myeongdong Cathedral in downtown Seoul, Pope Francis expressed hope that the two sides [...]
VATICAN/SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. has finished installing four LED billboards at St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican, where the Pope gives his weekly address. Samsung’s billboards became operational in time for the Papal Audience, the general audience session held every Wednesday morning for Catholic followers and tourists visiting the revered [...]
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 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Pope Francis appointed the South Korean bishop Lazzaro You Heung-sik as the new prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy, the Vatican said Friday. You, 69, chief of the diocese of Daejeon, was also promoted to archbishop as he became the first South Korean to be appointed to a [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Young trainees to become Catholic priests are taking taekwondo lessons at the Vatican. Saint Pius X Institute, located inside the Vatican City, signed a contract with the Italian Taekwondo Federation (FITA) to teach taekwondo to students aiming for priesthood. The lessons began last October. It is the first time [...]
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, 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 [...]