South Korean Bishop Becomes Clergy Prefect
Francis has appointed Bishop Lazarus You Heung-sik, 69, of Daejeon, South Korea, as Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy on June 11. He replaces Cardinal Beniamino Stella, 79.
You Heung-sik was baptised at age 16 and ordained priest in 1979 at age 28. He studied at the Lateran University in Rome and is a member of the modernist Focolare Movement. Appointed Bishop in 2003 he has been bishop in Daejeon for more than 17 years. He defended priestly celibacy during the 2018 Bishops' Youth Synod.
The South Korean church has witnessed significant growth in the last decades. Catholics make up roughly 11% of the population. However, Mass attendance has been in dramatic decline.
The Congregation for Clergy has responsibility for priests, their training and ongoing formation but it is not clear what they are actually doing there the whole day.
You's nomination confirms Francis' tendency to name elderly and week institutional figures who will not put him into the shadow.
Picture: Lazarus You …More
Korean Catholics send lots of money to Holy See for Peter's Pence ( 7th in the world) ,
Caritas Internationalis (3,247,863 USD in 2019) every year.
And vaccine fund last month (4,102,564 USD).
You's nomination confirms Francis' tendency to name elderly and week institutional figures who will not put him into the shadow.//
That's exactly Pope Francis.
Francis became close to bishop Lazarus You when he visited S.Korea.
By the way, who is GTV's Self-Appointed Official Seer ?
"but it is not clear what they are actually doing there the whole day." GTV's Self-Appointed Official Seer knows what they're doing the whole day. (SFW)