Some 150,000 people, including thousands of LGBTQ Koreans and their supporters gathered in central Seoul for annual Pride celebrations Saturday, despite the event s traditional venue being put off limits by the authorities for the second consecutive year.
Since 1989, its Department of Overseas Missions have sent some 70 priests to various regions around the globe, with 22 still active today in 9 countries.
It explains that the “deacons and priests who are selected as clergy through the sacrament of holy orders have the duties of proclaiming the Gospel, administering the sacraments, and serving the Church as collaborators of the bishop.”