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Thousands marry in first ‘post-Moon’ Unification Church mass wedding
Thousands of Unification Church members got married in a mass wedding in South Korea Sunday — the first since the death of their “messiah” and controversial church founder Sun Myung Moon. Some 3,500 identically-dressed couples — many of mixed nationality who had met just days before — took part in…
‘Messiah’ mourned at elaborate Sun Myung Moon funeral
More than 30,000 mourners, many weeping openly, attended the elaborate, flower-strewn funeral in South Korea of their “messiah” and Unification Church founder Sun Myung Moon. In a ceremony on Saturday that had all the trappings of a state funeral, Moon’s carved, red-lacquer coffin was carried by men in military-style uniforms…
Moon’s death threatens Unification Church stability
The death of Sun Myung Moon robs his Unification Church of the glue that sustained its global following as a cohesive religious and financial force even as membership dwindled from its 1980s peak, analysts say. A messianic movement built on the rubble of the Korean War and exported to countries such as the United States where it found…
Reverend Sun Myung Moon dies at age of 92
SEOUL — Sun Myung Moon, a self-proclaimed messiah who founded the controversial Unification Church and turned it into a multi-billion dollar business empire, died in South Korea early Monday at the age of 92. Moon, who was hospitalised with complications from pneumonia more than two weeks ago, passed away just…
Sun Myung Moon illness ‘irreversible’: Unification Church
The illness of Unification Church founder Sun Myung Moon is “irreversible”, the church said Friday, after he was hospitalised with complications from pneumonia more than two weeks ago. Moon, 92, has critical organ failure and is on life support, it said in a statement. Spokesman Ahn Ho-Yeol told AFP that…
Unification Church founder –and Washington Times and UPI owner– Sun Myung Moon in critical condition
The founder of the controversial Unification Church is in a South Korean hospital in critical condition due to complications from pneumonia, his spokesman said on Thursday. Sun Myung Moon, 92, was admitted to Seoul’s St Mary’s Hospital on Tuesday and has been unconscious since then, Ahn Ho-Yeol told AFP, describing…
Rev. Moon marries thousands in mass wedding
Some 7,200 South Korean and foreign couples exchanged or reaffirmed marriage vows Sunday in the Unification Church’s second mass wedding this year. Church founder Rev. Sun Myung Moon, a self-proclaimed messiah, offered blessings for the participating couples gathered at Sun Moon University, the school he founded in Asan, south of…
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