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Witnesses tell about Christianity in North Korea
- Feb 1, 2019
Christianity is virtually outlawed in North Korea, where dictator Kim Jong Un is the subject of a personality cult that treats him like a god. This is what North Korean defectors told The Associated Press about the ways North Koreans maintain their beliefs.
Defector accounts paint picture of faithful in North Korea
- Feb 1, 2019
North Korea’s treatment of Christians could become a bigger issue if North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s expected second summit with U.S. President Donald Trump produces significant progress, and if Pope Francis follows through on his expressed willingness to take up Kim’s invitation to visit North Korea.
In Christmas 2018 message, Francis models good classroom practice
- Dec 25, 2018
If we reframe the pope’s Christmas ‘Urbi et Orbi’ address not as a policy speech but a pedagogical exercise, then the lack of originality makes sense.
Pope makes ‘Christmas wish’ for fraternity to overcome violence, conflict
- Dec 25, 2018
On Christmas day 2018, Pope Francis prayed that a sense of fraternity may overcome violent conflicts raging around the world.
South Korean leader in Rome, praises pope’s peace message
- Oct 17, 2018
South Korea’s president thanked Pope Francis for promoting peace and dialogue on Wednesday as he arrived in Italy for a papal audience, where he’s expected to extend an invitation from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for Francis to visit.
No Vatican comment on possible papal visit to North Korea
- Oct 9, 2018
The Vatican has no immediate comment on a statement from South Korea’s presidential office that the North Korean leader wants Pope Francis to visit officially.
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