SEOUL, South Korea – Pope Francis beatified 124 Korean martyrs on Saturday, telling hundreds of thousands of people who turned out for his open-air Mass that their ancestors’ willingness to die rather ...

Bishop Francis Hong Yong-ho is among 81 martyrs of the Korean War on the path to sainthood. He is pictured in an undated portrait. (Credit: CNS photo/courtesy Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea.) ...

A painting depicts 103 Korean martyrs canonized by Pope John Paul II in 1984, seen in this Aug. 19, 2008, photo. The remains of the first three of 124 other Korean martyrs, beatified in 2014, were ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — They died well over a century ago, but the 124 Korean Catholic martyrs who will be honored by Pope Francis this week still have a hold over many of their descendants — even ...

Pope Francis beatified 124 early Korean martyrs Saturday at a mass in Seoul and challenged the massive crowd to ask what values would be worth dying for in an increasingly materialistic, globalised ...

Hundreds of South Korean Catholics have visited a major Catholic shrine to pay tribute to 19th-century martyrs who sacrificed their lives for their faith. Archbishop Thaddeus Cho Hwan-Kil of Daegu ...

A Reflection for the Memorial of Saints Andrew Kim Tae-gŏn, Priest, and Paul Chŏng Ha-sang, and Companions, Martyrs Find today’s readings here. Today we celebrate the pair known as the “Korean Martyrs ...

Catholic Church officials in South Korea have unveiled the remains of four martyrs who sacrificed their lives during one of the worst periods of Christian persecution in the 19th century. The ...

SEOUL, South Korea - They died well over a century ago, but the 124 Korean Catholic martyrs who will be honored by Pope Francis this week still have a hold over many of their descendants - even some ...

SEOUL, South Korea — Pope Francis beatified 124 Korean martyrs during his trip to this nation, telling hundreds of thousands of people who turned out for his open-air Mass that their ancestors' ...