Andreas Choi Chang-mou

Andreas Choi Chang-mou (15 September 1936 –) is a Korean prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the archbishop of the Archdiocese of Gwangju.

Quotes

• Considering the situation of North Korea, the conflict sedimented for half a century, we recognize that the path of rapprochement should be gradual. We cannot talk about "mission", but dialogue and reconciliation. Everything starts from considering the North Koreans our brothers, to love people, beyond the ideology and oppressive power they are subject to.
• In North Korea, after the persecutions of the past decades, there is the so-called "Silent Church": a community of people who have not let the flame of the Spirit extinguish, but who do not have the freedom of professing their belief in Christ. It is a Church that suffers, which must be encouraged and gradually awakened, not abandoned.
  • “Korea needs to build bridges not walls,” Archbishop of Kwangju tells Fides, in wake of Obama visit (19 November 2009) Fides News Agency