By LiCAS.news
SOUTH KOREA – As South Korea records a slight rise in its birth rate for the first time in nine years, the Catholic Church urges a deeper, spiritual reflection on the issue, cautioning against a purely statistical or technological approach.
According to a report by Fides News Agency, the Church has been actively responding to the demographic crisis by emphasizing faith and hope in family life.
Father Oh Seok-jun, head of the Seoul Archdiocese Committee for Life, emphasized that the crisis is not “just a matter of numbers” and warned against solutions relying solely on reproductive technologies.
Instead, he called for a hopeful perspective, saying, “A child is a gift of grace granted by the Lord through the perfect union of love between a man and a woman.”
The Church, he said, encourages young couples to “look to the future with hope.”
As part of its commitment to fostering a culture of life, the Yeokchon-dong parish of the Archdiocese of Seoul organized a “Blessing Ceremony for Families with Three or More Children” on Feb 23.
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