"In this photo taken on Monday, July 28, 2014, Rev. Park Geun Tae speaks during an interview at a Seoul Catholic church in Seoul, South Korea. Park said the emergence of Catholicism in Korea was seen by some as liberation from a system where some of the lowest-class believers had been ""treated like animals."" Catholics were persecuted for allegedly disrupting the social order, plotting treason, denying the Joseon Dynasty's legitimacy and seeking help from foreign powers to spread Christianity. The 124 Korean Catholic martyrs who will be honored by Pope Francis this week left behind families who were in the dark about their sacrifices for generations, and in some cases now live as Buddhists or Protestants. Francis on Thursday, Aug. 14, makes the first papal visit to South Korea in 25 years and is expected to praise the martyrs he plans to beatify in the last formal step before sainthood.  (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)"
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