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over 75,000 adult baptisms. Part of this growth can be attributed to the Church's relatively positive perception by the general public because of its role in the democratization of South Korea, its active participation in various works of social welfare, and its respectful approach to interfaith relationship and matters of traditional Korean spirituality.
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In North Korea under the communist regime, Christianity is officially suppressed, and unofficial estimates by South Korean Church officials place the number of
Catholics there at only 5,000. The North Korean Catholic Church, ecclesiastically united with South Korea, is composed of the two dioceses of
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In 1899, "the Sinch'uk
Rebellion, a Confucian-led and -organised popular uprising", made a "most barbarous massacre" of from 500 to 600 victims. It was in reaction to promises of tax exemptions by lay-assistants and desecration of "spirit-shrines" by Catholics, after the arrival of two French priests
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Catholic Church in South Korea has seen significant growth in recent years, increasing its membership from 7.9% of the population to 11% over the past twenty years. At the end of 2017 there were 5,813,770 Catholics in South Korea – 11.0% of the population. In 2017, the Church grew by 1.3%, with
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Koreans practice no religion, that about 22% are Buddhists, and that 29.2% are Christians with 11.1% being Catholics and 18% being Protestants, meaning that Christianity is the largest religion.
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accepted an invitation to visit South Korea in August 2014. The four-day visit (14–18 August) culminated with a Papal Mass at
Myeongdong Cathedral, the seat of the Archdiocese of Seoul on 18 August. During a mass on 16 August, the Pope
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Christian name of Peter. He later returned to Korea carrying religious texts, and baptized many fellow countrymen. The Church in Korea continued to grow without formal missionary priests.
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2179:"Statistics of the Catholic Church in Korea, 1997"
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1632:Christian Korean slaves
2607:Catholicism portal
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1863:Archdiocese of Gwangju
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3071:Christianity in Asia
2510:Diocese of P’yŏngyang
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2074:Kaijian Tang (2015).
2046:. Tuttle Publishing.
2038:Daniel Tudor (2012).
1941:Christianity in Korea
1926:Korean Catholic Bible
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443:Republic of the Congo
249:Matthias Ri Iong-hoon
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2484:Archdiocese of Seoul
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1795:Diocese of Uijeongbu
1777:Archdiocese of Seoul
1747:124 Korean Catholic
1716:outside Europe, the
1706:Diocese of Pyongyang
1698:military ordinariate
949:United Arab Emirates
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2490:Diocese of Chunchon
2448:Province of Gwangju
1857:Province of Gwangju
1850:Diocese of Cheongju
1801:Diocese of Chunchon
1735:Pope Francis' visit
1659:ancestral "worship"
1336:Trinidad and Tobago
1231:Antigua and Barbuda
2505:Diocese of Incheon
2500:Diocese of Hamhŭng
2495:Diocese of Daejeon
2352:The New York Times
2246:The New York Times
2223:www.ncregister.com
1813:Diocese of Daejeon
1783:Diocese of Incheon
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2024:978-0-89581-892-8
1997:978-0-226-46708-5
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1869:Diocese of Jeonju
1838:Diocese of Andong
1820:Province of Daegu
1771:Province of Seoul
1766:Dioceses of Korea
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1670:Pope John Paul II
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