In yet another nod to Asia, and a further sign of Pope Francis's love affair with the continent, St. Peter's Basilica this week will receive a new marble statue of South Korean priest and martyr Andrew Kim Taegon, the Crux website reports today (Sept. 11, 2023).
After having announced in August that South Korea would host the next World Youth Day, Pope Francis returned from an Aug. 31 --Sept. 4 trip to Mongolia, his sixth outing to Asia.
Speaking to Fides News, a missionary news site attached to the Vatican's Dicastery for Evangelization, South Korean Cardinal Lazzaro Heung-Sik You said, "We were very happy that Pope Francis wanted to accept our proposal. It is a great honor for our Korean Church, which is linked to the figure of this saint."
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