Pope welcomes South Korea’s new ambassador to Holy See
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Monday welcomed to the Vatican South Korea’s new ambassador to the Holy See, ?Jonghyu Jeong. At a formal ceremony in the Vatican, Jeong presened his credentials to Pope Francis at ?the start of his diplomatic mission with the Holy See. The 66-year old father of 3 children is a law ?graduate and holds a doctorate in law from Kyoto University, Japan. An academic linked with several ?universities in Korea, Japan, Germany and the US, Jeong has served in the Korean Catholic Bishops ?Conference’s bioethics committee, has been president of the Korean Association for Legal History, and ?the Korean Civil Law Association and special envoy of the Korean president to the Holy See. Besides ?his native Korean, he speaks Esperanto, Japanese, English and German. ?