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Seoul forms task force for 2027 World Youth Day safety

With more than a million pilgrims expected, the government is launching a cross-agency effort to prevent logistical and safety failures during the six-day Catholic gathering.

2026.8.2

Lee says 'ember of hope' for renewed North Korea dialogue endures as he pledges continued efforts to ease tensions

Speaking at a Mass in Rome ahead of a meeting with Pope Leo XIV, President Lee Jae Myung said his administration will keep working to reduce inter-Korean tensions and revive cooperation.

2026.6.14

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Pope Leo XIV waves to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter's Square, during his weekly general audience at the Vatican on Dec. 31, 2025. [AFP/YONHAP]

Pope Leo XIV gives blessings to Daejeon bakery Sungsimdang for 70th anniversary

Pope Leo XIV has praised the social contributions of Sungsimdang, a long-established bakery in Korea’s central city of Daejeon, in a message marking the company’s 70th anniversary, the bakery said Thursday.

2026.1.2

Pope Leo XIV arrives to preside over the first Vespers and the 'Te Deum' in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on Dec. 31, 2025. [AP/YONHAP]

Pope asks that Rome welcome foreigners as he closes out 2025

Pope Leo XIV closed out 2025 on Wednesday with a prayer that the city of Rome might be a welcoming place for foreigners and fragile people, young and old.

2026.1.1

Rev. Jermanus Kwak Jin-sang, who has been appointed as an auxiliary bishop of the Suwon diocese, is seen in this photo provided by the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Korea. [CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE OF KOREA]

Pope Leo XIV names new auxiliary bishop at Suwon diocese

Pope Leo XIV has appointed Rev. Jermanus Kwak Jin-sang as an auxiliary bishop of the Suwon Diocese in Korea, the Apostolic Nunciature to Seoul said Saturday.

2025.12.21

Pope Leo XIV leads the Angelus prayer from his window at the Vatican on Aug. 31. [REUTERS/YONHAP]

Pope Leo meets LGBTQ Catholic advocate, vows continuity with Pope Francis' legacy

Pope Leo XIV met Monday with one of the most prominent advocates for greater LGBTQ inclusion in the Catholic Church and encouraged his ministry, sending a strong signal of welcome in the early months of his pontificate.

2025.9.2

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost from the United States, blesses faithfuls from the central loggia of Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, on May 8. [EPA/YONHAP]

Pope Leo XIV, newly elected, to visit Seoul in 2027

Pope Leo XIV, elected Thursday as the 267th pontiff, is expected to visit Korea in 2027 for the next edition of World Youth Day (WYD), which will take place in Seoul.

2025.5.9

A handout picture provided by Vatican Media shows Pope Francis during the meeting with inmates in the Regina Coeli prison in Rome on April 17, 2025. [EPA/YONHAP]

Recovering Pope Francis visits Rome prison to keep annual Holy Week appointment

Pope Francis visited Rome's central prison Thursday and met with dozens of inmates as he kept an Easter season appointment to spend Holy Thursday among the least fortunate.

2025.4.18

A memorial space is set up for late former Pope Benedict XVI at the Apostolic Nunciature to Korea in Seoul on Monday. [YONHAP]

Korean Catholics pay tribute to late Pope Benedict XVI

Korean Catholics on Monday mourned the loss of former Pope Benedict XVI, led by tributes by religious leaders. Benedict, who served as the head of the Catholic Church from 2005 through 2013, died Saturday morning (local time) in the Vatican ...

2023.1.2

Cardinal Andrew Yeom Soo-jung, 78, makes his final speech as Archbishop of Seoul at a mass in Myeongdong Cathedral in Jung District, central Seoul, on Tuesday. [YONHAP]

Yeom steps down as Archbishop of Seoul

Cardinal Andrew Yeom Soo-jung, the Archbishop of Seoul, stepped down Tuesday. A mass in Myeongdong Cathedral in Jung District, central Seoul, was held on Tuesday morning to honor Yeom, 78, and his work as the 13th archbishop of Seoul...

2021.11.30