Thousands pay tribute to South Korean cardinal
Cardinal Nicholas Cheong jin-suk died last week at the age of 89
Updated: May 03, 2021 09:29 AM GMT
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People visit Myeongdong Cathedral in Seoul to pay their last respects to Cardinal Nicholas Cheong jin-suk, the former archbishop of Seoul Archdiocese during the five-day mourning period. (Photo: Archdiocese of Seoul)
More than 50,000 South Koreans from various religions and walks of life visited Myeongdong Cathedral in the capital Seoul to pay their last respects to the late Cardinal Nicholas Cheong jin-suk.
Cardinal Cheong, the second South Korean cardinal and former archbishop of Seoul, died on April 27 at St. Mary’s Hospital at the age of 89. He had been receiving treatment for various age-related ailments since February.
Posted : 2021-05-01 14:42
Updated : 2021-05-01 16:55
South Koreans bade farewell Saturday to Roman Catholic Cardinal Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk in a funeral mass at Seoul s landmark Myeongdong Cathedral. Yonhap
South Koreans bade farewell Saturday to Roman Catholic Cardinal Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk in a funeral mass at Seoul s landmark Myeongdong Cathedral.
Cheong, who was made Korea s second cardinal in 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI, died Tuesday night at a Seoul hospital at the age of 89.
He served as the Catholic archbishop of Seoul for 14 years from 1998, before becoming archbishop emeritus of the capital.
Cardinal Andrew Yeom Soo-jung, the Catholic archbishop of Seoul, recalled that Cheong appeared serious and strong but that, underneath that appearance, he was a soft and gentle person with a broad mind full of love.