Card Yeom says Korea’s liberation was a gift from Mary, urges prayer for North-South reconciliation
The prelate issues a message for the 70th anniversary of the end of the Second World War and the beginning of Korea’s division. “It is a painful reality that a people that speaks the same language should turn against itself for 70, long years.” In the message, the cardinal calls for prayers and acts of reconciliation, urges the governments of the two Koreas to pursue the same goal.


