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By Kwak Yeon-soo
Cardinal Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk, former archbishop of Seoul, passed away late Tuesday at the age of 89. Cheong, who became Korea s second cardinal after the late Cardinal Stephen Kim Sou-hwan, had been receiving treatment for various age-related ailments, according to officials of the Catholic Church.
He was hospitalized at St. Mary s Hospital in Seoul in February due to his frail condition. Cheong was in a critical condition due to several illnesses, but opted not to receive life-support treatment. Cardinal Cheong passed away at 10:15 p.m. on Tuesday while in hospital for his deteriorating health. Medical staff and officials of the Archdiocese of Seoul witnessed the hour of his death. His last words were, Thank you and always be happy. God wants us to be happy, Huh Young-yeop, a spokesman for the Archdiocese of Seoul said at a news briefing Wednesday.
SEOUL: Seoul Archdiocese in South Korea is helping homeless people with its Myeongdong Babjib (soup kitchen) project.
It is serving packed lunches to homeless people every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday after opening a soup kitchen in Myeongdong Cathedral.
The Energy and Chemicals Division of SK Group, the third-largest conglomerate in South Korea, is sponsoring the program by supporting 1,400 packed lunches each week.
“When Pope Francis visited Myeongdong Cathedral in 2014, he blessed us to be the yeast of the Gospel. I hope that the soup kitchen will be a small yeast that changes the Church and the world into a world of warm love beyond Myeongdong and the archdiocese,” said Father Francis Kim Jeong-hwan, executive director of the archdiocese’s One Body One Spirit (OBOS) movement.