Seoul, the government "will do everything possible" to bring the Pope to Korea
Seoul (AsiaNews ) - The government of South Korea
"will do everything possible" to support the local Catholic Church
and facilitate a visit by Pope Francis to the peninsula. This is according to
the Prime Minister of Seoul, Hong Chung -won, who was speaking during a meeting
with the Archbishop of the capital Msgr. Andrew Yeom Soo- jung . The
meeting was organized by the office of the Prime Minister to congratulate the
prelate on his appointment by Francis among the 19 new cardinals that will be
created in Rome on 22 February.
The
Church and the Catholic population of South Korea strongly hope that the Pope
will visit their country. In
2014 there are at least two events of great importance for the local church and
for those in Asia: in August, the Asian Youth Day , which will take place in
the Diocese of Daejeon and the long-awaited decree of beatification of
the 124 "new" South Korean martyrs .
Returning
from World Youth Day in Brazil, the Bishop of Daejeon told AsiaNews that both the Korean Bishops' Conference and the government
were taking steps to try
to bring Francis to the country. According
to Msgr . Lazzaro
You Heung- sik , a papal visit "would bring new momentum to our missionary
Church and the Churches of Asia, as well as help in the peace talks with North
Korea".
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