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February 10, 2018

Catholic skater Yuna Kim lights up the start of 2018 Winter Olympics

Yuna Kim performs in the Ladies' Figure Skating Short Program in Vancouver, during the 2010 Winter Olympics on Feb. 23, 2010.
SEOUL, South Korea – Catholic Olympic gold-medalist Yuna Kim lit the torch at the Opening Ceremony for the 2018 Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea on Feb. 9.
Published in International
January 30, 2018

South Korean bishop hopes Winter Olympics leads to peace

Senior officials of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War and the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, both winners of the Nobel Peace Prize, carry the torch of the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics during a relay in Cheongju, South Korea.
Bishop Peter Lee Ki-heon, president of the Korean bishops' Committee for the Reconciliation of the Korean People, released a statement hoping "the Olympics, feast of peace, will be a turning point to reduce the uneasiness and to settle peace on the peninsula."
Published in International