Pope indicates willingness to visit North Korea | Inquirer News

Pope indicates willingness to visit North Korea

/ 09:32 PM October 18, 2018

South Korean President Moon Jae-in talks with Pope Francis during their private audience, at the Vatican on Oct. 18, 2018. AP

VATICAN CITY — South Korea’s president has met with Pope Francis in a private audience, and his office says that the pontiff indicated his willingness to visit North Korea.

The South Korean presidential office said in a statement Thursday that President Moon Jae-in “conveyed North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s desire for a papal visit to North Korea.” A formal invitation directly from North Korea will follow.

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The office said Francis said that “if the invitation comes, I will surely respond to it, and I can possibly go.”
Kim initially indicated his desire for a papal visit during a Korean summit last month.

If it materializes, such a visit would be the first by a pope to North Korea. /ee

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