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Church in the WorldPersecuted order could returnKorea, North Jonathan Luxmoore - 20 October 2007A leader of the US-based Catholic Maryknoll order has said that he hopes to set up a permanent presence in North Korea for the first time in more than 50 years, writes Jonathan Luxmoore. There have been no permanent resident priests or Religious in North Korea since the 1950-52 Korean War in which 300,000 Catholics died. Vatican sources say all known clergy have been killed or deported, and estimate that no more than 800 baptised Catholics currently survive. "Subtle changes in attitude are more important than signed documents when it comes to measuring progress," said Fr Gerard Hammond, director of the Catholic Church's National Reconciliation Centre in South Korea and of Caritas, North Korea. "There's no visible sign of the Catholic Church or Catholics here. But we are trying to bring the Government round, showing the compassion of the Church." |
 In this week’s issueMaking markets moral Iron and velvet Love in a Catholic climate Someone to talk to A good Lent takes planning South American surprise Is the Church too slow in recognising that academies are the future for Catholic schools? Christopher Lamb Goodwin the scapegoat Elena Curti The pain of being a coeliac Catholic Sr M, guest contributor Why the Benedictine family will survive Christopher Lamb The Church's moral obligation to victims of clerical sexual abuse Speeches from this week's conference in Rome This week in Rome bishops and religious superiors met at the first Vatican-backed symposium devoted to forging a global response to the crisis of clerical sexual abuse that has disgraced ... Archbishop voices 'shame and sorrow' after priest's abuse trial Longley to visit parishes 'damaged' by Walsh Today, Tuesday 7 February, Bede Walsh, who served as a Catholic priest in the Archdiocese of Birmingham, has been convicted by a jury, following a 10-day trial at Stoke-on-Trent ...
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