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Relics of first Korean Catholic martyrs identified with DNA testing

September 1, 2021 Catholic News Agency 2

An image of Blessed Paul Yun Ji-chung and 123 companions, who were beatified Aug. 16, 2014. / Prepatory Committee for the 2014 Papal Visit to Korea.

Rome Newsroom, Sep 1, 2021 / 14:00 pm (CNA).
The relics of three of Korea’s oldest Catholic mart… […]

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Pope Francis thanks South Korea’s bishops for $1M COVID-19 vaccine donation

July 30, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Pope Francis waves during his Angelus address at the Vatican July 25, 2021. / Vatican Media.

Vatican City, Jul 30, 2021 / 12:00 pm (CNA).
Pope Francis sent a letter to South Korea’s bishops thanking them for a donation of $1 million to be used t… […]

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Pope Francis in Pyongyang? An intelligence chief is working to make it happen

July 7, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

North Korean flags in Pyongyang. / John Pavelka via Flickr (CC BY 2.0).

Rome Newsroom, Jul 7, 2021 / 12:00 pm (CNA).
Pope Francis could visit Pyongyang, according to the director of South Korea’s National Intelligence Service, who said that he w… […]

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Pope Francis sends condolences after death of South Korean Cardinal Cheong

April 29, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Cardinal Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk. / Catholic Archdiocese of Seoul.

Vatican City, Apr 29, 2021 / 06:30 am (CNA).
Pope Francis offered his condolences Thursday after South Korean Cardinal Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk died at the age of 89.The cardinal … […]

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Catholicism in South Korea: Living in the shadow of a nuclear-armed tyrant

September 1, 2019 R. Cavanaugh 2

The proportion of South Koreans who are Roman Catholic has surpassed 10 percent—high for the region, especially considering that people with no religious affiliation account for 46 percent of the total population and are a […]

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Dr. Hitchcock, author of several books including the soon-to-be-released History of the Catholic Church: From the Apostolic Age to the Third Millennium (Ignatius Press, 2012), writes the following for the “Square None” column in Touchstone:  From time to […]

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