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Memorial events to be held in commemoration of the late cardinal Kim
By Kim Nam-hee
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Yonhap) - One year on from the death of prominent South Korean cardinal Stephen Kim Sou-hwan his passing still reverberates, with organ donation pledges soaring in synch with the cardinal's last wishes.
The Archdiocese of Seoul has designated the days from Feb. 16 to March 28 as an official memorial period for the late cardinal and prepared various events to the memory of the late cardinal, whose grave has attracted hundreds of thousands of people over the past year.
Kim, South Korea's first Roman Catholic cardinal, died of pneumonia on Feb. 16, 2009 at the age of 86. Since then, more than 300,000 people have visited his grave in a Catholic graveyard in Yongin City, about 40 kilometers south of Seoul, to pay respect for him and his message of love.
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