An estimated 10,000 Korean Catholics were killed for their faith in bouts of persecution that lasted about 100 years ...

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 ...

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.

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

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 ...

In South Korea this week, Pope Francis will meet a Church young, founded on martyrs, suffering, dynamic, and missionary a former South Korean ambassador to the Holy See has said.