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Site of the Beatification of the 124 Korean Martyrs
This is the place where Pope Francis held the beatification of 124 Korean martyrs on August 16, 2014. Beatification means the official declaration of the blessed, and canonization means to proclaim a saint to the blessed in Catholicism. 79 Korean martyrs were already beatified into the blessed in 1925, and 24 martyrs in 1968. They were canonized into sainthood by Pope Saint John Paul II when he visited Korea in 1984. 124 of Korea's early Catholics were beatified by Pope Francis here in Gwanghwamun Square in 2014. Around Gwanghwamun, there are many related Joseon government offices that martyrs were tortured and executed such as the Mnistry of Justice (Hyeongjo), Police Agency (Podocheong), State Tribunal (Uigeumbu) and Prison Administration Office (Jeonokseo). As the historic beatification ceremony was held, this place was reborn into a place of reconciliation and blessing from a place of persecution and oppression of the martyrs. To honor the meaning of this beatification ceremony, the Archdiocese of Seoul installed a commemorative stone (floor stone) at the site of the beatification of Gwanghwamun on August 23, 2015. The blessing ceremony was officiated by Cardinal Andrew Yeom Soo-jung, then Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Seoul. The Korean Catholic Church continues its effort for the beatification and canonization of the Korean martyrs. Along with the preparation of canonization of the 124 blesseds, another beatification preparation is in full swing for Thomas Choe Yang-eop, the Korea's second Catholic priest and Yi Byeok and his fellow martyrs as well as the priests, monks and nuns who were sacrificed during the Korean War.
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