{"id":12324,"date":"2016-01-20T08:55:14","date_gmt":"2016-01-20T08:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/?p=12324"},"modified":"2016-01-20T08:55:14","modified_gmt":"2016-01-20T08:55:14","slug":"south-korean-catholic-priests-invited-to-hold-annual-services-in-north-korea-acn-malta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2016\/01\/20\/south-korean-catholic-priests-invited-to-hold-annual-services-in-north-korea-acn-malta\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korean Catholic priests invited to hold annual services in North Korea &#8211; ACN Malta"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><h2><strong>South Korean Catholic <\/strong><strong>p<\/strong><strong>riests <\/strong><strong>invited to hold annual services in North Korea<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Catholic Bishops&#8217; Conference of Korea (CBCK) announced they will be making annual visits to North Korea at the end of a historic four-day trip across the border. 17 representatives from the Catholic Church in South Korea, including CBCK president Archbishop Hyginus Kim Hee-joong, had been invited by the State-run Catholic University of Korea to help promote reconciliation between the two countries and mark the 70th anniversary of Korea&#8217;s liberation from Japanese colonial rule. CBCK spokesman Lee Young-Sik said that &#8220;the meeting laid the foundation for further cooperation and exchange among Korean Catholics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yearly services will be held at Changchung Cathedral in Pyongyang &#8211; the only Catholic church in the entire region &#8211; to celebrate major Catholic feasts. The first visit is scheduled for Easter in March 2016 &#8220;and then we will iron out details on how frequently they would visit and lead a mass there,&#8221; said Lee Young-Sik. There have even been discussions about the possible construction of a church in Pyongyang.<\/p>\n<p>Father Timothy Lee Eun-hyung, secretary of the Bishops&#8217; Committee for the Reconciliation of Korean People, said: &#8220;We need to consolidate this platform of reconciliation exchanges and collaborations. Today&#8217;s Koreans can focus on the future. But now, young people risk becoming indifferent to a past they did not experience first hand and there is a risk of a growing indifference towards the desire to reunite the Korean people. He added &#8220;We need to set aside aggressive attitudes, and walk the path of inclusion, forgiveness and reconciliation, which also Pope Francis mentioned when he came to Korea.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>During his visit to South Korea in 2014, Pope Francis had said &#8220;All Koreans are brothers and sisters, members of one family, one people,&#8221; at a special mass in Seoul dedicated to reunification of the two Koreas.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<em><strong>ACN Malta<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Korean Catholic priests invited to hold annual services in North Korea &nbsp; The Catholic Bishops&#8217; Conference of Korea (CBCK) announced they will be making annual visits to North Korea at the end of a historic four-day trip across the border. 17 representatives from the Catholic Church in South Korea, including CBCK president Archbishop Hyginus&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12326,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-newsletters"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>South Korean Catholic priests invited to hold annual services in North Korea - ACN Malta - Aid to the Church in Need (Malta)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2016\/01\/20\/south-korean-catholic-priests-invited-to-hold-annual-services-in-north-korea-acn-malta\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"South Korean Catholic priests invited to hold annual services in North Korea - ACN Malta - Aid to the Church in Need (Malta)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"South Korean Catholic priests invited to hold annual services in North Korea &nbsp; 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