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Bishop Paul Kyung-sang Lee emphasized that young people need to discover they are loved by God and the Church during a preparatory meeting for the World Youth Day scheduled for August in Seoul.

Lee, the general coordinator of the organizing committee, stated that young people must be welcomed as they are. He noted that this experience reflects the history of the first Korean Christians, who studied the Gospel in the late 18th century.

The Korean Church grew through the testimony and blood of thousands of martyrs. Pope John Paul II canonized 103 martyrs in 1984, and Pope Francis beatified 123 martyrs in 2014.