{"id":27990,"date":"2025-02-13T20:38:18","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T20:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/learn\/archdiocese-of-seoul-in-south-korea-inaugurates-the-era-of-1000-priests\/"},"modified":"2025-02-13T20:38:18","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T20:38:18","slug":"archdiocese-of-seoul-in-south-korea-inaugurates-the-era-of-1000-priests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/learn\/archdiocese-of-seoul-in-south-korea-inaugurates-the-era-of-1000-priests\/","title":{"rendered":"Erzdi\u00f6zese Seoul in S\u00fcdkorea l\u00e4utet \u201adie \u00c4ra der 1.000 Priester\u2018 ein"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>[ad_1] The 26 new priests of the Archdiocese of Seoul give their first blessing after the ordination ceremony on Feb. 7, 2025. \/ Credit: Archdiocese of Seoul ACI Prensa Staff, Feb 13, 2025 \/ 13:50 pm (CNA). The Archdiocese of Seoul in South Korea has reached &quot;the era of 1,000 priests\u201d upon ordaining 26 new priests for the local Church on Feb. 7. Archbishop Peter Chung Soon-taick, who presided over the ceremony, called on the new priests to carry out\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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Archbishop Peter Chung Soon-taick, who presided over the ceremony, called on the new priests to carry out\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27992,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-27990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":65893,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/learn\/vatican-approves-beatification-cause-of-priest-who-pioneered-monastic-life-in-korea\/","url_meta":{"origin":27990,"position":0},"title":"Vatican approves beatification cause of priest who pioneered monastic life in Korea","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"Januar 10, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"St. Peter\u2019s Basilica in Vatican City. \/ Credit: Xosema (CC BY-SA 4.0) ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 7, 2025 \/ 07:00 am (CNA). 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