According to the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Korea, there are 5.91 million Catholics in South Korea’s 16 dioceses; an increase of 48,000 over to 2018’s total. Catholics make up 11% of the ...

This article focuses on the largest church buildings and cathedrals for Christian worship and service around the world ...

The martyrs include three French missionaries and a Korean priest executed for violating a ban on Christianity ...

A Nigerian-born Catholic priest has declared that he would be buried in South Korea when he dies and not in Nigeria. He gave reasons for his statement.

South Korea's large churches reopened on Sunday, requiring worshipers to keep their distance and wear masks, after the government relaxed restrictions on religious gatherings aimed at slowing the ...

SEOUL, South Korea — From the celebrities accounted as adherents, to nuns, to the president and his parish, the Catholic Church in Korea is alive and purposeful.

Churches were closed across South Korea as the number of coronavirus cases continue to increase in the country. Several churches held online services to avoid public gatherings, as the number of ...

Pope Francis walks with then South Korean President Park Geun-Hye upon his arrival in Seoul, South Korea, on August 14, 2014. Song Kyung-Seok-Pool/Getty ...

Seoul, South Korea - With an increasing number of faithful, the Catholic Church in South Korea may foster a climate of reconciliation and peace, as the nation has reportedly made a deal with North ...

The first American pope to lead the Catholic Church; ... South Korea, from 1962 until his retirement 2002, died Feb. 3 at Cedar View Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in Methuen.

According to the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Korea, there are 5.91 million Catholics in South Korea's 16 dioceses; an increase of 48,000 over to 2018's total. Catholics make up 11% of the ...

A secretive church, the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, was at the epicenter of South Korea's coronavirus outbreak, with about half of the country's total infections of 10,728 linked to its members.