Empowering the Heavenly Parent Holy Community
... If the “Church Dissolution Act” becomes law, South Korea will join the small group of nations, led by China, that have granted themselves the authority to extinguish religious organizations perceived as not supporting the…
... The Human Rights Council should take this warning seriously. Freedom of religion or belief is a universal right, not limited to the majority faiths. CAP‑LC rightly insists that Korea must reverse course before the…
... President Lee’s comments deserve careful, principled examination. The issue is not whether religious groups should follow the law; they must. The problem is whether the law will be changed to criminalize religious participation, especially…
... the president had asked officials to examine whether religious foundations themselves could be dissolved. This immediately raised alarms about the separation of church and state and the protection of religious freedom ‒ core constitutional…
... the situation offers a cautionary example of how legal mechanisms designed to protect democracy can, if overused or politicized, contribute to deeper institutional mistrust and prolonged political conflict rather than accountability and reform.
... This controversy is not caused by irrational belief or theological impurity. On the contrary, the problem is that event religions are very realistic. They intrude into areas that societies tend to guard carefully: marriage,…
... True peace, the opinion piece argues, begins when governments are willing to reclaim that role ‒ so that big ideas no longer have to enter politics through the backdoor at all.
... the debate is not merely about one religious organization or one country. It raises a universal question for pluralistic societies: can we distinguish principled secular governance from selective suspicion, and cooperation for the common…
... Rather than weaponizing history, Korea must remember it—honestly and fully. Kim Dae Jung understood that democracy is not born in isolation; it is forged in coalition—between the secular and the spiritual, between the incumbent…
... Even after passing the age of 80, I have lived with the dream of attending the Creator, our Heavenly Parent, here on earth. Therefore, in April 2025, since the Creator’s dream according to the…