SEOUL: Pope Francis beatified 124 early Korean martyrs at a mass in Seoul and challenged the massive crowd to ask what values they might be willing to die for in an increasingly materialistic and globalised world.
Hundreds of thousands of believers, most of them invited church groups from across South Korea attended the open-air ceremony held in hot, humid conditions yesterday in Gwanghwamun plaza.
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