2027 Papal Visit Expected to be a Great Blessing of Peace for the Korean Peninsula

Minister Chung Dong Young Holds a Luncheon Meeting with Cardinal Lazzaro You Heung-sik (July 22)

(July 22, 2026: Luncheon Meeting with Cardinal Lazzaro You Heung-sik)

“Expected to be a Great Blessing of Peace for the Korean Peninsula”

Minister of Unification Chung Dong Young met with Cardinal Lazzaro You Heung-sik (Prefect of the Dicastery for the Clergy) and expressed his hopes that World Youth Day Seoul 2027 and the papal visit by Pope Leo XIV will bring great blessings of peace to the Korean Peninsula.

World Youth Day, where young people from all around the world gather on the Korean Peninsula.

The Ministry of Unification earnestly hopes that North Korean youth will also join this festival of peace and harmony, creating a venue for true inter-Korean reconciliation.

To this end, the ministry will closely communicate with the Holy See and actively support creative and diverse peace-building efforts to encourage the participation of North Korean youth.