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[WSJ] Not everyone welcomes the Pope: Protestants hold anti-Catholic rally

August 14, 2014
People watch a live TV news program showing Pope Francis' arrival at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014. Pope Francis arrived Thursday in South Korea on the first papal visit to the Asian nation in a quarter century, stepping off the plane onto a red carpet and greeting President Park Geun-hye. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

People watch a live TV news program showing Pope Francis’ arrival at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014. Pope Francis arrived Thursday in South Korea on the first papal visit to the Asian nation in a quarter century, stepping off the plane onto a red carpet and greeting President Park Geun-hye. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

[THE WALL STREET JOURNAL]  Not everyone welcomes the Pope to South Korea.

A group of Protestants held a demonstration on Tuesday, slamming the Roman Catholic Church as heretical.

Organizers say about 10,000 people attended the event at a convention center west of Seoul, where a number of Protestant pastors stressed the difference between the Roman Catholic Church and Protestant churches, according to local Protestant media.

Rev. Song Chun-gil, the secretary general of the group, called Catholicism a perversion of faith, according to the reports. He has opposed recent moves among mainstream Protestant church leaders to form a relationship with the Roman Catholics, according to local media. (The Christian Daily has photos from the event.) [READ MORE]