Church growing stronger in Korea

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According to the South Korean Bishops’ Conference, the number of Catholics has increased over the last year: at the moment, they are about 10% of the population. Vocations also on the rise and interest of non-Christians in the Church. Professor of the Science of religions: “merit of virtue expressed by the faithful."

Seoul (AsiaNews) – The number of Catholics are growing in South Korea, as well as religious vocations and the local clergy. It is the result of the daily commitment of Catholics to the life of the country, increasingly exposed to the social problems that afflict it. This has been revealed by statistics presented by the Korean Bishops Conference, which shows an increase of 2.7% in the number of baptized believers.

According to the data, the total number of Catholics in the country is 5,004,115: This is 9.9% of the population, an increase of 130 thousand units compared to previous data. The local clergy, moreover, is equal to 4204 units, compared to 4026 previously reviewed: of these, 3477 are diocesan priests, 726 are missionaries or religious. The number of seminarians remains essentially the same, with 1413 compared with 1445: however of these, many become priests. The number of women religious has grown by 186, reaching 10,401.

Compared with the results of the general census of 2005, which the government makes every ten years, Catholics have grown by 74% against an 18% increase in Buddhists and a 16% decrease in Protestants. The data reflected the Christian denominations, which were questioned about their way of doing mission in the Asian country.

Full: asianews.it/news-en/Church-growing-stronger-in-Korea-17958.html
 
My experience of Korean Catholics in southern California is very positive. They remain zealous and committed even after coming to the U.S. We had a very active group of Korean women in our parish – many were in the U.S. with their children, who were in U.S. schools, while the husband continued to work in Korea. There is also a very active community of Koreans in the LA area, a number of whom drove to San Diego to attend a day-long bible conference sponsored by our parish. One issue they face is very active evangelism by Korean evangelical protestants who target them.
 
This is great news about South Korea! I bet that in China, sooner or later, the Catholic Faith will explode in such a way that the Communists will not be able to contain it.
 
fkjuliano said:
This is great news about South Korea! I bet that in China, sooner or later, the Catholic Faith will explode in such a way that the Communists will not be able to contain it.
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Take THAT communism! A bit of truth would serve those monsters right!

Next, can we do North Korea? Take out the worst dictator in the world?
 
fkjuliano said:
This is great news about South Korea! I bet that in China, sooner or later, the Catholic Faith will explode in such a way that the Communists will not be able to contain it.
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I’ve read that 500,000 people are converting to Christianity a year in China.

China has an official Atheist government, The Chinese Communist Party:

''The CCP is officially atheist, in accordance with its Marxist roots. According to the U.S. State Department, the party has issued circulars ordering party members not to hold religious beliefs, and it has demanded the expulsion of party members who belong to religious organizations. CCP officials have said that party membership and religious beliefs are incompatible, and they discourage the family of CCP members from publicly participating in religious ceremonies.
But despite official orders that cadres be atheist, some members of the CCP manage to juggle their faith with their party membership. “In most cases, ordinary Chinese do enjoy the ability to privately and quietly practice the faith that they profess,” says Scott W. Harold of the Center for Peace and Security Studies at Georgetown University. Adam Segal, CFR senior fellow for China studies, agrees, adding, “If you’re a party member and you practice religion through a state-sanctioned way, it would not necessarily be a problem.” According to a profile of the CCP from GlobalSecurity.org, up to 25 percent of party officials in some localities engage in some kind of religious activity.

cfr.org/publication/16272/religion_in_china.html#p3
 
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