Pope concludes Korean visit with call for peace and reconciliation

Pope concludes Korean visit with call for peace and reconciliationOn the final day of his visit to Korea, Pope Francis celebrated Mass for peace and reconciliation in Seoul’s Myeong-dong Cathedral during which he prayed for the grace of healing and unity on the divided Korean peninsula. At the beginning of the Mass the Pope also had special words of support for a group of elderly ‘comfort women’ forced into prostitution for the Japanese military during the Second World War.
In his homily, Pope Francis recalled the divisions and conflict that has lasted for over sixty years since the Korean War in the 1950s and he urged all followers of Christ in Korea to reflect on their own contribution to the building of a truly just and humane society.
The Pope said God’s promise to his people challenges us to examine our commitment to those less fortunate and less prosperous than ourselves. It also challenges Christians in Korea to firmly reject a mind-set shaped by suspicion, confrontation and competition and instead to shape a culture formed by the teaching of the Gospel and the noblest traditional values of their country. The infinite power of Christ’s cross, Pope Francis said, can bridge every division and heal every wound.
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