St. Peter's Basilica will be getting a new statue of the Korean martyr, St. Andrew Kim Taegon. Cardinal Lazarus You Heung-sik talks about this saint's witness.
The Seoul gathering will take place in 2027, meaning in four years, rather than the typical three, as there will be a smaller-scale jubilee for youth held in Rome in 2025 as part of the Jubilee of Hope that year.
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