TEHRAN, October 09 - North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has officially invited Pope Francis to pay a visit to the Asian country, South Korea's presidential office says.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) -According to South Korea's Yonhap news agency on Tuesday, the invitation to visit Pyongyang will be delivered to the pontiff by South Korean president Moon Jae-in, who will be in the Vatican next week as part of his trip to Europe.
“During the meeting with Pope Francis, [President Moon] will relay the message from chairman Kim Jong-un that he would ardently welcome the Pope if he visits [the North Korean capital] Pyongyang,” Moon’s spokesperson, Kim Eui-kyeom, said at a press conference on Tuesday.
If Pope accepts the invitation and pays the visit, he will become the first pontiff who has ever visited North Korea, though the late Pope John Paul II was once invited in 1991. The visit never happened.
Moon’s trip to Europe will include a stop at the Vatican on October 17 and 18 to seek the pontiff’s help in defusing remaining tensions on the divided Korean Peninsula.
According to South Korea's Yonhap news agency on Tuesday, the invitation to visit Pyongyang will be delivered to the pontiff by South Korean president Moon Jae-in, who will be in the Vatican next week as part of his trip to Europe.
“During the meeting with Pope Francis, [President Moon] will relay the message from chairman Kim Jong-un that he would ardently welcome the Pope if he visits [the North Korean capital] Pyongyang,” Moon’s spokesperson, Kim Eui-kyeom, said at a press conference on Tuesday.
If Pope accepts the invitation and pays the visit, he will become the first pontiff who has ever visited North Korea, though the late Pope John Paul II was once invited in 1991. The visit never happened.
Moon’s trip to Europe will include a stop at the Vatican on October 17 and 18 to seek the pontiff’s help in defusing remaining tensions on the divided Korean Peninsula.
Source: Press TV
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