Park Jie-won, the head of South
Korea's intelligence services, has said he is working on a
possible visit by Pope Francis to North Korea, Vatican news
agency Fides reported on Tuesday, citing local sources.
Park said that he would meet with Archbishop Kim Hee-jung and
the Apostolic Nuncio in South Korea, Archbishop Alfred Xuereb,
to discuss Pope Francis' visit to Pyongyang during a Catholic
Mass in Mokpo, Fides reported.
Pope Francis reportedly expressed willingness to visit North
Korea if formally invited during an audience in the Vatican in
2018 with South Korean President
Moon Jae-in.
During the audience Moon passed on a "verbal invitation" from
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
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