An estimated 10,000 Korean Catholics were killed for their faith in bouts of persecution that lasted about 100 years ...

The martyrs include three French missionaries and a Korean priest executed for violating a ban on Christianity ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — They died well over a century ago, but the 124 Korean Catholic martyrs who will be honored by Pope Francis this week still have a hold over many of their descendants ...

SEOUL, South Korea -- They died well over a century ago, but the 124 Korean Catholic martyrs who will be honored by Pope Francis today still have a hold over many of their descendants -- even some ...

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Pope Francis is scheduled to hold a beatification ceremony for 124 Korean martyrs in Seoul and will visit a sanatorium for the disabled on Saturday, the third day of his visit to the country. The ...