ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - New President of Korean Bishops’ Conference, Bishop Augustune Cheong Myeng-cho presents plans

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Seoul (Fides Service) - The Church in Korea will continue to give serious attention to the mission of evangelisation, to promoting the good of the nation, to keeping the Church ‘young and dynamic and working for national reconciliation. These priorities emerged in a plan illustrated by the new president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea, CBCK, Bishop Augustine Cheong Myeng-cho of Pusan.
Ordained a priest in 1962 and a bishop in 1990, and since 1999 entrusted with the diocese of Pusan, Bishop Cheong Myeng-cho, former vice-president of the Conference, takes the place of Archbishop Andreas Choi Chang-mou of Kwangju as president of the CBCK.
The newly elected president of the Bishops’ Conference said “I will try to become a messenger so that the Catholic Church in Korea can promote evangelisation and the common good in various areas through the Bishops’ Conference. Taking into consideration the ageing of the population, including Catholics, he said his main task was to keep the Church young and dynamic, to build a culture of life and continue efforts for national reconciliation. He asked the people to pray for him and for all the Bishops called to steer the Catholic Church in Korea and asked also for their collaboration so that the Bishops can devote themselves to the mission entrusted by Christ to proclaim the Gospel and serve the Church.
Besides a new President, the Bishops elected a new vice president Bishop Peter Kang U-il of Cheju and secretary Bishop Paul Choi Duk-ki of Suwon.
At the same assembly the Bishops approved the New Korean Bible and encouraged its distribution among the faithful in parishes, associations, movements, religious institutes, Catholic schools.
To address controversial bio-ethics issues the Bishops instructed their respective Committees for Bio-Ethics and Catechesis to prepare publicity materials in this regard including the results of adult stem-cell research, confirming the local Church’s commitment to protecting life from conception to natural end and promoting full respect for the human embryo. (PA) (Agenzia Fides 26/10/2005 righe 27 parole 272)