South Korean cardinal dies at 89
Cardinal Cheong wanted the Church to be the light and salt of society
Updated: April 28, 2021 03:58 AM GMT
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Cardinal Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk was a committed pro-life advocate. (Photo: Seoul Archdiocese)
South Korea’s Cardinal Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk, former archbishop of Seoul, has died at the age of 89.
Cardinal Cheong, a towering figure in the Korean Church and former president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea (CBCK), died at church-run St. Mary’s Hospital in Seoul on April 27.
He had been receiving treatment for various old-age ailments, according to a press release from Seoul Archdiocese.
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