Interview of an Official Of The Catholic Church In Pyongyang North Korea (english sub)
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Fun fact: Before 1948, Pyongyang was once known as the Jerusalem of the East and was once known for having many people who were christian there. Due to it being north korea it hasn't gotten that much recognition as a Christian city since then.
@GreenJordan 30 Pyongyang had more Christians than Seoul back then.
Jerusalem of the east. Lol. Pyongyang doesn't compare with cities like Manila in terms of Christian presence
@@khust2993 It sorta was back in the late 1800s and before the communist rule of the land. They most likely prosecuted people who had religion in place at the capital.
@@khust2993 Its is true though i think they were refering to the fact that Pyongyang has the most christian population during that time in East Asia only, (majority of east asians are either Confusians, follower of the Dao, Buddhist, or atheist) so its rare for Christians and catholics to be their, this is not counting South East Asia whom Philippines is an obvious answer.
WE ARE UNIVERSAL. ONE HOLY CATHOLIC APOSTOLIC CHURCH, KEEP FAITH TO LOVE ANOTHER AND WE PRAY TO LOVE OF OUR LORD&GOD JESUS CHRIST OUR SAVIOUR
yeah😢
Amem!
Dominus vobiscum. My thoughts and prayers are with you brethren of Christ.
Et cum spiritu tuo from Malaysia!
(I guess u know who I am)😂😂
A comment from 2 years ago!
Archbishop Lefebvre,pray for us and for the people of DPRK!
We need to pray for the church in North Korea, not criticize!
Ruth Yoerg exactly they don’t have all the freedom we do
Who is criticizing?
😂😂😂😂
@@AlmostGod007 you're funny Kim but that's true, we must liberate the country thanks to prayers
@@trinitylea966 Freedom is a meaningless abstraction.
God bless the DPRK, may we one day be United with the Christian faith as our unifier 🇰🇵♰🇺🇲
As if Americans are really religions !!
@@user-up9dq4wz5v what
@@Tambundial
You guys don't care in reality for religion, why do you pretend you care in this video??
@@user-up9dq4wz5v I don't represent the actions of my government
@@Tambundial
Well, then I hope all Americans can be like you....... Greetings 🇷🇺☦️💛✝️🇺🇸
Thank you for the Great video
God bless North korea catholics. god protect NORTH KOREAN CATHOLIC COMMUNITY PEOPLE,
If there are they have to pray really in secret, this is propaganda interview. Its the only church, no north korean goes there. If you're caught praying or own a Bible you are executed.
This is propaganda
Constitution of North Korea, Article 68: Freedom of Religion
(1) Citizens have freedom of religious belief. This right is granted through the approval of the construction of religious buildings and the holding of religious ceremonies
(2) Religion must not be used as a pretext for drawing in foreign forces or for harming the State or social order
amen
@@khashmoney6985you fell for anti DPRK propaganda
I pray for the North Korea, for the Christian people in there and also for the Government, may Lord Jesus, give a warm heart and change Kim's heart, so he can know and feel God's love just the things happen with Paul, in Jesus name, amen.
@Barem Don be quiet
They act in the most Christ-like manor. They make sure everyone has access to food and shelter. There are no landlords pricing everyone out of living, your rent is based on a percentage of your income to ensure everyone can afford it.
@@ststst981 Maybe in Pyongyang, some families get to enjoy that. But the majority of North Koreans live in below average conditions under heavy-handed martial law that tries to invade every part of their lives. Please do some super basic research before you act like DPRK is some kind of paradise. Your words make you look like a complete fool.
North Korea is the most Christian country at least in practice.
@@radicalmarxist9909 Yeah, because they're all poor as fuck, just like Jesus was. 🙂
So you are allowed bibles awesome
Yeah freedom of religion is guaranteed in the DPRK's constitution. Chapter V, Article 68.
W T F IsGoingOn let’s pray it’s not a facade
People are killed and imprisoned in NK for posessing a bible. This interview is a complete façade
@@melisamontecino3240 You can be religious, what you can't do there is proselytize, atheists get tired of people knocking their doors.
@@melisamontecino3240 It is false. A shameless lie.
I don't really care about either it's just for money or not, but I really wish that those people whom still far away from jesus soon will find their own path to jesus.. jesus loves us, god bless you all..
Funny how we started struggling with answer when they asked him some semi-deep questions about the faith. I'm curious was this state pawn would answer on questions regarding Vatican II, the Holy Trinity, evangelisation, the compability of the Catholic Social Teachings with Juche or if there are any processions in North Korea lol.
Or if he chooses God over the Kim dynasty.
What question did he struggle to answer?
What are your thoughts on the "missionaries" that the CIA sends around the world to destabilize and overthrow governments which usually leads to mass death?
The self sufficient and modest lifestyle of north Korean culture can make it easy for someone to become Catholic.
@Based Ohio Don't call yourself a catholic if you have Nazi occult symbols on your profile.
In the soviet union in Moscow, they set up protestant churchs from other denominations,( particularly I'm talking about the baptist one because thats the ones I know the information about other than pentecostal churchs from USSR) the pastors there were all required to spy for the KGB, not allow children under 18 to go to church, no preaching on repantance, no feet washing, no alter calls, no laying of hands for healing of the sick, for pentecostals no praying in toungues. Only put preachers they liked. No doing humanitarian help among the people.
They would use these dead nominal churchs that were filled with KGB agents to show people grom the western countries as if USSR has freedom of religion, but in truth they kills, pursecuted, arrested, fined, beat, and abused the rest of the Christians, and would try to keep it a secret.
Which btw the ussr constitution also allowed for freedom of religion. They would prosecute Christians under the anti-revolutinary act and call them agents of the west because they had bibles that were printed in US or Europe.
Same thing here. This guys eyes are blinking so hard, he is afraid to tell the truth. Christians there are being abused worse than the soviet union.
Praying for you brothers in Christ❤
2:37 are we just going to ignore the translator saying the interviewers question for the man to give a message to the Catholics watching is “it’s non sense just give an answer” I was being deceived pretty well into thinking maybe some people get special privileges because he said only 1000 people attend church in Pyongyang but it’s been exposed as an act probably just to get tourists like it always is with the robot world of North Korea.
I mean it is north korea lol, I honestly can't tell whats scripted or not. its prob true that such activities can only be practiced by very very privileged or elite North Koreans.
Never heard of this before. Perhaps of western media. But i hope and pray for all the believers there. God bless you all ❤
Proud to be a Christian folloer of Jesus
There's nothing to be proud. Salvation is a free gift to keep you from becoming proud. You're supposed to be humble and not boast because you cannot boast as salvation is a free gift. Satan became proud and tried to exalt himself above God and therefore was thrown out while Jesus became humble to the point of dying naked on a cross and obeying God till the last moment and God exalted him in return. Do some fasting (which has been made mandatory by Jesus) in order to humble yourself so that God may exalt you in due time
@@stevefernando94 How can we not boast about Jesus Christ and His work on the Cross to save us from our sins?
love
God Bless north Korean Christian
Not easy to answer questions in his position
Am to catholic
Based
If you pray in public or be vocal about religion u will be put into jail but there is everyday prayer telecast in radio from south korea
Something touched on but not really expanded on in this interview is the demographics of Christians in North Korea. They're mostly old people because Christian Churches in North Korea exist explicitly to accommodate Christians and their families who practiced before the war. Young people are discouraged from observing any belief system other than the Juche Idea but elderly churchgoers aren't a threat to the regime.
Tanong ko Lang po meron po ba sa North Korea iglesia ni cristo
wala po. malabo po mag yari yan
@@JBPVlogs133 islam muslim meron sa north korea at china hindi nila kaya muslim north korea meron muslim at katoliko pero katoliko under north korea communist pero muslim hindi sila under ng north korea communist sana maiintindihan sana Iglesia ni cristo meron din sa north korea
I hope the whole world will believe in jesus as god , to heal his wound and come back to people as living god again,,
Fascinating video. Why not ask him where the 1000+ priests and faithful are who the DPRK kidnapped during the war? How can you have a Catholic parish without a priest and without the Sacraments? This poor chap can’t believe what he’s telling us.
Source?
I just wish that Pastor Han Chung Ryeol would be alive today because thousands of North Korean souls are being lost. People there need to be reconciled to God.
I’m praying that may God change the heart of the Supreme Leader. There’s a reason why Pyongyang was dubbed as the Jerusalem of the East.
Literally no one calls it that...
Amen 🙏
@@CraqueTheDragQueen For years before the take over of NK in 1948 it was considered as a christian city.
@@MUZUKUN-YT is it 1948? No
Yeah your prayers won’t work. The work of ending his heartbeat must be undertaken on Earth
Incredible. Even in an extreme totalitarian state Catholicism still stands strong. Also, idk where they got that we criticize freedom of religion as I'm an American (1:21) and I find this to be extremely mind blowing.
It would be more accurate to translate what he said as "Americans criticise us for not having freedom of religion but...."
Are you aware that is a fake church and there are no real believers? He is just making things up for the foreigners.
You are aware that they lie about what things are like there all the time, right? These public representatives and/or their families can be imprisoned for years or even killed if they say anything besides what they have been instructed to say by the state.
It's not a totalitarian state. Don't believe in the media
You should have asked to see a bible
I didn't think Christianity was allowed in N Korea.
It's called a fake interview
It is, their constitution guarantees freedom of religion
it's sad that we see a lot of american propaganda criticizing the People's Korea, there is a lot of misinformation about it.
@@hominideoconsciente5523 but a lot of people in N.K said there is not real freedom
@@lonelyberg1808 BUT the people who said that are rich all of a sudden, and still get rich if they continue to do Anti-DPRK stuff, even one of them was debunked and that defector blocked the person who debunked about her, that's the flash news, and it's true.
I thought religions are banned in NK?
they are
@@frogg002 They aren't. In the DPRK constitution the freedom of creed is guaranteed. Stop watch the TV and vampyre stories about DPRK!
Nah they even have a religious political party (though the WPK is still the guiding party of the country that maintains control over the nation). Their state news also had an article depicting religious people in a positive light. They don't allow missionaries bc they have a history of being involved in political activities though, which is why a lot of countries ban missionaries.
@@CiDStalin They don't follow their own constitution. North koreans have to bow down to statue of Kim Jong Il and Kim Il Sung. They revere them as gods. Christians in North Korea have been executed. There was a Pastor named Pastor Han and he preached the Gospel to North Koreans. North Korean soldiers found out so they went to look for him and they killed him in Changbai.
@@khashmoney6985 Haha, you're funny because you have any clue of what's ahppenning there.
Are they even in communion with Rome? I highly doubt it.
They are NOT in communion with Rome.
Rollax They are a part of the Diocese of Pyongyang which currently has no bishop, but the Archbishop of the Diocese of Seoul acts as their Apostolic Administrator. So yes, they are in full communion with Rome and the rest of the Catholic Church. They are, of course, highly censored, and they likely produce propaganda for the North Korean regime, but Rome recognizes that they have no choice so it doesn’t impact their communion.
@@davidfigueroa8188 ah ok thanks for the info, where did you get that ?
@Peruano ML As in all institutions
@@davidfigueroa8188 the official dioceses are sperate from the state run church.
Papano nagkaroon dyan ng katolikong simbahan sa nokor? Diba bawal yan dyan? Mahigpit ang batas dyan eh..p
DPRK constitution
Article 68. Citizens shall have freedom of religion. This right shall be guaranteed by permitting the construction of religious buildings and the holding of religious ceremonies. Religion shall not be used in bringing in outside forces or in harming the state and social order.
He was blinking way too much. did he really tell the truth?
Yeah, but I bet you only noticed that to try and deny a fact.
and he keeps looking around like he's being cautious of something lol
@@enthusiastisch1922 Please enlighten us as to how you are certain what he was saying is "fact".
@@kylegunby1532bec North Korea is not a dictatorship. It's a dictatorship of the proletariat meaning the proletariat dictate everything. It's part of the communist ideology.
What is the name of this church? Does it qualify as an actual parish? Is there a parish priest? This seems like a staged interview.
청년위 There are validly ordained canonical priests in North Korea. This Church is the cathedral for the Diocese of Pyongyang, which is in full mutual communion with Rome.
That’s because it is staged.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_North_Korea
@@gaijinblow It says (By Whom?) as a fake accusation, you're owned!
"this seems like a staged interview" it's called confirmation bias
@@_SteelRain Does North Korea have a free press?
Wait,I thought religion was banned here?
Don't believe what u you see on media
They say they are not banned but if people are found to be practicing Christianity they are throw into a prison camp.
@@alqiamirzan9590 this is media
@Fábio Júnior don't believe NK propaganda
@@alqiamirzan9590 correction :don't believe everything the western media feed you dumbass..
Believe this
If you believe that seatbelt can save you in an aircrash
tHEY ARE SO LUCKY NOT LIKE IN CHINA if the president found out the Country are increasing rapidly they might close down the church so Let us pray that the God will Protect our church in North Korea
th-cam.com/video/h-hS8A85_RE/w-d-xo.html
Both communist countries
Church in North Korea shows Kim Jong Un on a cross
*Jesus, although Jesus didn't die on a Cross, he died on a Stake.
Ahahahahah
What a farce
Your brain is farce
Keep Coping
God bless North Korea ♥
I can't tell if this is scripted or not. im pretty doubtful the Kim regime would allow establishments like these to operate.
if this is genuine im pretty sure only the most privileged of certain selected North Koreans can practice freely
Is he brainwashed?
No, North Korea is far more free than you realise. It's the US that is the great propaganda machine which has killed millions of koreans and burnt its cities to the ground.
he is brainwashed
@@classicalmusful far more free? Free to elect their leader?
@@frogg002 no you're..
Go watch the media of those who bomb kids and innocent women.
@@factyoumark8566 what does that had anything to do with election.. Didn't USA once elect an orange clown as their president?
Better to avoid such thing 😂
He seems to have some traumas
It's called perceptful disorders
Lies.
Cope
Anyone who believes this interview or church to be real: you’ve got major problems and need to do a helluhva lot more research. Look up Yeonmi Park on TH-cam. Watch her most recent video about the NK orchestra conductor.
@jxhensley she earns her living honestly by speaking, writing, doing interviews and spreading awareness. Her freedom and success should be celebrated, not envied or shamed. And there are plenty of others (not just her), who have fled NK and speak out about the shit going on over there. You obviously have no idea about NK, or you’re seriously delusional - if you think it’s all some sort of elaborate conspiracy theory. I suggest you do a bit more research.
@@Jaclyn_Zen Lol, Yeonmi is a paid liar.
I think you should know some of this:
Tbc, I’m not one of ^these^^ cult of personality worshipping NK denialists roleplaying as a communist. NK’s a hellscape. *I’m about as big an anti-authoritarian* as they come…*and even I know* that Yeonmi Park is full of shit. I used to trust her too.
You honestly believe “waaaah faculty asked our pronouns for the student info system at the start of the NYU semester - literally worse than North Korea.”? She said that shit so??? Wya?
I am *begging* you to use your critical thinking skills on this; and also follow the money.
She’s saying all manner of transparent or stupid shit, ruining the credibility of ALL defectors and whistleblowers, not just dubious ones.
I gave her the benefit of the doubt over and over; I finally looked into who funds her and how her statements have changed depending on who was bankrolling her at the time.
She’s said so many things that can’t possibly be true bc they either conflict or are *patently* absurd. Is NK a land of imperial cult control, torture, misery, poverty, and brainwashing the likes of which we’ve never seen where even the concept of love is so foreign it does not have a word and dying kids are not understood as a sad thing?
…Or is it about as bad as white-knuckling through some superficial college SJW lip-service for a few years in your 20’s? (That you can walk out of at any time.) It can’t be both.
(Furthermore, how I feel is who does she think she is dutifully scapegoating her boss’s targets whom she’s got nothing. to do with?)
Adding my voice to the chorus, even though by now I'm sure you've come to know this. Park is a known paid liar. There's a reason why so many defector testimonies highlighted by our media turn out to be false, while the defectors trying to get back because they realize they've been lied to are given no air time.
Yeonmi Park was caught lying/exaggerating/making contradictory statements from time to time