Vatican: South Korea’s Moon shares faith in peninsula peace
VATICAN CITY — South Korea’s president said he was certain peace could be achieved on the Korean peninsula as he prepared for an audience Thursday with Pope Francis where he’s expected to extend an invitation from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for Francis to visit.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in delivered remarks at a Wednesday evening “Mass for Peace” in St. Peter’s Basilica. The pope’s top diplomat, Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin, celebrated the Mass.
In his homily, Parolin prayed for the “gift of peace” on the Korean peninsula so “after so many years of tensions and division, the word ‘peace’ can ring out fully.”
Moon spoke at the end of the service, saying the prayers offered there “will also resound as echoes of hope in the hearts of the people of the two Koreas as well as the people of the whole world who desire peace.”