SEOUL - 5 March 2007 - 129 words
Young Catholics pray with WYD Cross at frontier between two Koreas
Young Catholics from South Korea, carrying the World Youth Day Cross, held a prayer vigil on Saturday at Freedom Bridge, which marks the border with North Korea.
About 100 young people took part, accompanied by priests and religious. They were watched by armed border soldiers.
One young boy prayed: "May the Cross
of Christ be a bridge over frontiers and walls uniting hearts
and the two Koreas"
.
The young people came from dioceses all over South Korea. The
gathering started with the recitation of the Rosary and special
prayers for national reconciliation and reunification before hoisting
the World Youth Day Cross and setting out in procession for the
demilitarised zone between the two Koreas.
"We are now more aware of what we young people can do to promote unity under the banner of the Cross and Love of Christ", one participants said.
South and North Korea are formally still at war since an armistice sanctioned the division of the peninsula after the Korean War 1950 - 1953.
The Youth Day Cross pilgrimage through South Korea is drawing crowds of young Catholics and non Catholics, wherever its stops. After South Korea the WYD Cross will continue its pilgrimage touring the dioceses of the Philippines, moving then to East Timor and various Pacific island countries on its way to Sydney for World Youth Day 2008.
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