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| Stalin asked 'The Pope! How many divisions has he got?" North Korea's suggested answer: Pope Francis is worth 5 rockets twitter.com/theseoulvillage/status/499808764644429825 |
... and in the advertised set of wheels - only in a darker color than expected:
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| (July 28) In Seoul, Pope Francis' Soul will be white. And branded Kia. twitter.com/theseoulvillage/status/493663654928474113 (August 14) Pope Francis' Soul is greyer than scheduled twitter.com/theseoulvillage/status/499735563646169090 |
The Pope's program comprises at least 10 stations, from the Blue House today to Myeongdong Cathedral on August 18, with an Assumption mass in Daejeon World Cup Stadium tomorrow, and a mass for the beatification of Korea's 124 martyrs on Gwanghwamun Square the 16th, which requires extra security around Sejongno:
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| (@pearswick: Korean police to build huge wall inside Seoul for Pope visit - only those registered can enter) Meet Seoul's inner fortress wall: the one erected downtown for Pope Francis' visit twitter.com/theseoulvillage/status/495858701853396992 |
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| Gwanghwamun more than ever a cross-road - Seoul's ready for Pope Francis' visit twitter.com/theseoulvillage/status/499567502276300800 |
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| Do something, quick! I don't want to be stuck to 666 followers when Pope Francis visits twitter.com/theseoulvillage/status/499432267295375361 (PS: thanks to the kind tweeters who lifted me away from that Number of the Beast - even if I won't be saved that easily) |
The Pope will also visit several sites in Chungcheongnam-do: Solmoe Shrine in Dangjin, Haemi castle and shrine in Seosan. A stop at the martyr shrine in Seosomun Park is also planned. BTW here's the winning project in a recent competition for this historic site:
Speaking of Seosomun and Catholicism: just off Gwanghwamun, the Seoul Museum of History proposes an exhibition until October 31 on Seoul's East and West small gates (Seosomun and Dongsomun), and the - to say the least - not always festive history of Korean catholicism:
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| Kim Dae-geon, Korea's first Catholic priest. Among Saenamteo martyrs to be blessed by Pope Francis twitter.com/theseoulvillage/status/499376326625595393 |
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