2014-09-08 15:52:00

Korean Bishop says Pope’s visit "missionary typhoon"


Pope Francis "was a missionary typhoon" for Korea and Asia. His words, gestures, and above all his ‎warmth struck society, renewed the commitment of Catholics, bringing many who had drifted away ‎back to the churches.   South Korean Bishop Lazzaro You Heung-sik of Daejeon spoke to AsiaNews ‎about the Pope’s August 14-18 visit to his country.   He said, “We have many new catechumens, we are ‎planning a journey to the sites of the martyrs, we are engaged in a serious examination of conscience. ‎And all this we owe to the Holy Father's having shaking us up."   “Francis' apostolic visit to Korea has ‎led to wonderful fruits,” he said explaining Korean newspapers are reporting people still suffer from ‎‎'nostalgia for the Pope'.  He explained that what struck so deeply, not just Christians, was the ‘kind of ‎powerful simplicity’ with which the Pope was able to live and transmit the Gospel, which leads ‎individuals to question themselves.  Bishop You pointed out that one fruit of the Pope’s visit was that ‎Koreans realized how to live with others in fruitful personal relationships, where the best things come ‎from brotherhood, not so much from money.‎








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