Blessed Are the Peacemakers

A report on "19 Korean and 11 Japanese Catholic university students who took part in the program organized by the Youth Pastoral Department of Daejeon diocese and sponsored by the Korean bishops’ Committee for Youth Ministry" — Japanese, Korean youths try to come to terms with painful past. Said one participant:

I used to harbor a lot of anti-Japanese sentiment as that was what Korean society had taught me... [but] I realized that the Japanese also suffered during World War Two. A small number of militarists brought about the war leaving lots of people victims.... I made some Japanese friends during this exchange... They are friendly, young and Catholic like me, and are troubled by the same issues.