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The Catholic Church in North Korea is not part of the worldwide Catholic Church, and is not under the spiritual leadership of the Pope. It does not belong to the Latin (or Roman) Rite of the Catholic Church. According to the KCA, there are 3000 Catholics in the north. But these are the "experts" from the inside. Outside experts figure there is about 800. Christianity in North Korea is partly an underground movement, allegedly not receiving missionaries from southern China. However, the church is administered by the North Korean Catholic Association, created by the Communist government in June 1988 as a means of control over Catholic life. The remaining Catholic churches are inactive.〔Voice of America English News: (Despite Tremendous Odds, Religion Survives in North Korea )〕〔National Catholic Reporter: (Catholicism in North Korea survives in catacombs )〕 An invitation for the Korean Catholic Association to attend a Papal Mass in Seoul on 18 August 2014, during a 4-day visit to South Korea by Pope Francis, was declined by the association the reason is "unknown." ==Dioceses and archdioceses== 〔GCatholic.org: (Catholic Dioceses in North Korea )〕〔Catholic-Hierarchy: (Current Dioceses in North Korea )〕 * Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Seoul 서울 (Seat in South Korea) * Roman Catholic Diocese of Chuncheon 춘천 (Seat in South Korea) * Roman Catholic Diocese of Hamhung 함흥 * Roman Catholic Diocese of Pyong-yang 평양 * Roman Catholic Territorial Abbacy of Tŏkwon 덕원 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Roman Catholicism in North Korea」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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