Pope On North Korea

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  South Korea's Moon Jae-in Meets Pope Francis, Urges Him To Visit North Korea

  South Korean President Moon Jae-in met Pope Francis on Friday, giving him a cross made from barbed wire from the peninsula's demilitarized zone and again urging him to visit North Korea.

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  Kim Jong Un Has Invited The Pope To North Korea, Says South Korea

  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has invited Pope Francis to Pyongyang, South Korea's presidential Blue House said on Tuesday.

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  Pope Urges International Mediation Over North Korea Crisis

  Pope Francis has called for international mediation to ease escalating tensions over North Korea's nuclear activity, the media reported on Sunday.

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  Pope Francis Calls For North Korea Negotiations

  Pope Francis on Saturday called for negotiations to resolve tensions surrounding North Korea's nuclear ambitions.

• Pope Leaves South Korea after Urging Peace

  Pope Francis wrapped up his first trip to Asia on Monday by challenging Koreans -from the North and the South - to reject the "mindset of suspicion and confrontation" that clouds their relations and find new ways to forge peace on the war-divided peninsula.

• Pope Urges Divided Koreas to Unite as 'One People'

  Pope Francis urged the divided Koreas to unite as "one family, one people" in a spirit of mutual forgiveness at a mass on Monday that coincided with a South Korea-US military drill condemned by the North as a prelude to war.

• Pope Francis Tells Asia's Communist Nations Not to Fear Christians

  Pope Francis, in remarks clearly intended for communist-ruled countries such as China, North Korea and Vietnam, said on Sunday that Asian governments should not fear Christians as they did not want to "come as conquerors" but be integral parts of local cultures

• North Korea Fires Three Short-Range Rockets as Pope Visits South Korea

  North Korea fired three short-range rockets off its east coast on Thursday, South Korea's Ministry of Defence said, shortly before Pope Francis arrived in Seoul on his first visit to Asia.

• Pope to Boost Booming Asia Church with South Korea Trip

  Pope Francis travels to South Korea this week with a message of peace for the divided peninsula on his first papal visit to Asia, where the Catholic Church is undergoing dramatic growth.

• North Korea Rejects Participation in Papal Mass in Seoul

  North Korea appears to have declined an invitation to send Catholic believers to a mass celebrated by Pope Francis in Seoul later this month, a South Korean Church official said on Tuesday.

• South Korean Cardinal in First Visit to North Korea

  A South Korean cardinal visited the North on Wednesday in the first trip of its kind, an official said, ahead of a visit by Pope Francis to Seoul that Catholic authorities hope will promote peace between the neighbours.

• North Korea crisis may spiral uncontrollably, says United Nations chief

  United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon warned that even a slight miscalculation on the Korean peninsula could spiral into an "uncontrollable situation" as he urged North Korea to tone down its provocative rhetoric and ease the "very dangerous" level of tension.

• In Easter message, Pope Francis appeals for peace, end to Korea tensions

  Pope Francis used his first Easter Sunday address to call for peace in the world and appealed for a diplomatic solution to the crisis on the Korean peninsula.