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

Archbishop Peter Chung Soon-Taick delivers his homily at the Mass for a Day of prayer for National Reconciliation and Unity ...

Tucked away in the quiet town of Bocaue lies a little-known historical and spiritual site that links the Philippines to one of Korea’s most revered religious figures: Saint Andrew Kim Taegon, the ...

Of the total number of Korean martyrs, estimated at about ten thousand, the martyrdom of 103 believers is documented. The first was Andrew Kim Taegon. Born into a family of Christian converts in 1821, ...

Lee Seoung-ho felt his heart was sinking when four children’s graves near a Catholic cemetery caught his eye six years ago. The cemetery, which is home to 37 tombs of Catholic martyrs sacrificed ...

Sitting tall on a cliffside on the Han River, the Korean Catholic Martyrs' Museum is located in a spot of historical tragedy and religious significance. A five-minute stroll from Hapjeong Station ...

More than 5,000 people visited a photo exhibition at the Jeonju Shrine of South Korea that showcased portraits of 124 early Catholic martyrs beatified by Pope Francis in 2014. The Council of Lay ...

The feast of the Korean martyrs, celebrated by the Catholic Church on Sept. 20, remembers 103 men, women, and children who died for their faith in the first decades of Korean Christianity.

The feast of the Korean martyrs, celebrated by the Catholic Church on Sept. 20, remembers 103 men, women, and children who died for their faith in the first decades of Korean Christianity.

JEONJU -- The remains of three people known as the first Korean Catholic martyrs have been recovered in Wanju two centuries after their deaths, the Diocese of Jeonju said Wednesday. The remains ...