The new cardinal says he’s going to try:

Cardinal Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk, Archbishop of Seoul and Apostolic Administrator of Pyongyang, has said he will “do everything possible” to have Korea host the next World Youth Day (WYD), “one of the biggest events organized by the Catholic Church”.

In an interview with Chosun Ilbo, the neo-cardinal said: “If South Korea manages to host World Youth Day, we would naturally invite the pope to come to visit our entire country.”

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