Pope Francis says he is willing to visit North Korea, should the country’s leaders ever invite him
He told to a South Korean broadcaster in an interview released on Friday
I'll go there as soon as they invite me.I’m saying they should invite me. I will not refuse. The purpose of my visit is always brotherly love
North Korea allow only a few visitors to enter the country while citizens of the reclusive nation are generally not permitted to leave
The country has been locked down even tighter than usual since the coronavirus pandemic began
Pope Francis told KBS that he has noted how the two countries have survived war
Technically, the war that divided the peninsula into North and South Korea has never ended
No pope has ever visited North Korea, though the late Pope John Paul II was once invited