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PH AMBASSADOR CALLS ON H.E. ARCHBISHOP GIOVANNI GASPARI APOSTOLIC NUNCIO TO THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA

On 10 February 2026, PH Ambassador Bernadette Therese C. Fernandez paid a courtesy call to His Excellency Archbishop Giovanni Gaspari, the 12th Apostolic Nuncio to the Republic of Korea. Bottom photo: Behind the Ambassador and Archbishop Gaspari is an image of St. Andrew Kim Taegon (1821–1846), the first Korean-born Catholic priest and patron saint of Korea. St. Andrew Kim studied in the Philippines for about six months during his seminary training in the 19th century. He sought refuge in Lolomboy, Bocaue, Bulacan, to escape persecution in Korea.

10 February 2026, Seoul. Ambassador Bernadette Therese C. Fernandez paid a courtesy call to His Excellency Archbishop Giovanni Gaspari, the 12th Apostolic Nuncio to the Republic of Korea.

Ambassador Fernandez conveyed the support of the Embassy of the Philippines to the Nuncio, especially with regard to preparations of the Nunciature for the visit of Pope Leo XIV to Seoul in August of 2027, on the occasion of the World Youth Day. 

As the envoy of the Holy See and Pope Leo XIV, Archbishop Gaspari offered prayers and blessings to all Filipinos in the Republic of Korea. END

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