Catholics in a parish under the Archdiocese of Seoul in South Korea have joined hands to restore a Church that was gutted in ...

and most of them fled to the South. North Korea revived religions in 1988 with building the Changchung Catholic Church in Pyongyang without any resident priest. Also it claims some 3,000 Catholics, ...

The trip also underscores a significant shift taking place inside the Catholic Church: its tilt to Asia. During his pontificate, Francis’ 44 previous foreign visits have included South Korea ...

But the foot and vehicle traffic were sparse in the area on a recent weekday, a reflection of the dwindling church membership in South Korea. Even the Cheongshim Peace World Center, where mass ...

Currently, the Archdiocese of Seoul counts one cardinal, one archbishop, three bishops, and four monsignors among its clergy.

The Philadelphia native says this as someone whose been to North Korea more than 50 times, delivering medicine, since being sent as a missionary to South Korea ... the Catholic men’s fraternal ...