South korean catholic celebrities: 60 Photos
South Koreas Hidden Treasure: A Vibrant Catholic Church
Catholic KPOP artists with videos of their devotion to Catholic Religion. From 2nd to 5th generation
K-Pop idol, Rain, converts to Catholicism through Baptism photos
Videos
7 Popular Catholic Korean Actors and Their Baptism Names
korean celebrities that are baptize catholic
🆕korean Actors/actresses And Their Religion Famous Catholic Korean Actors Video
Korean Actors/Actress Religion |Part-1
Catholic celebrities sing for the pope
FAQs
Pop singers including Lee Chang-min of 2AM, Taemin of SHINee and YeSung of Super Junior have been open about being Catholic, as have popular actors Jung Il-woo, Lee Joon-gi and Kim Rae-won. “Korean celebrities convey their religiosity much more openly than their political views.
About 11% of the population of South Korea (roughly 5.8 million) are Catholics, with about 1,734 parishes and 5,360 priests as of 2017. By proportion of a national population and by raw number of adherents, South Korea ranks among the most strongly Catholic countries in Asia after the Philippines and East Timor.
St. Andrew Kim Tae-gon is the first native-born Korean priest, and is patron saint of Korea. He was martyred with nearly 10,000 other Koreans, mostly lay people, before Christianity was tolerated in Korea in 1884.
The Catholic Church in South Korea (called Cheonjugyo, Korean: 천주교; Hanja: 天主教; lit. Religion of the Lord of Heaven) is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome.
One of them is Korean sensation Rain, or Jung Ji-hoon in real life, who is married to fellow celebrity Kim Tae-hee, a devout Catholic. Popular K-pop idol, SHINee's Taemin, has also been vocal about his Catholic faith. Meet these talented Korean stars who are Catholic in this gallery.