Remembering the Rev. Sun Myung Moon, founder of the Unification Church.
By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times
The Rev. Dr. Sun Myung Moon, the leader of the Unification Church and founder of The Washington Times, died early Monday in South Korea. He was 92. Published September 2, 2012
By David R. Sands and Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times
Hak Ja Han Moon, widow of the Rev. Sun Myung Moon, told 15,000 Unificationists on Monday that she will "be faithful" to his life and tradition and that the worldwide movement should "march forward without pausing" to build God's ideal world. Published September 16, 2012
By David R. Sands and Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times
Tens of thousands of mourners descended on this remote rural retreat to pay their final respects to Unification Church founder Rev. Sun Myung Moon in a solemn two-and-a-half hour ceremony Saturday. Published September 14, 2012
By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times
The faithful gathering this week in a Unification Church complex outside Seoul may be dressed similarly — most men in dark suits with white ties, the women in cream-colored dresses or pantsuits — but they give different reasons for why they made the long pilgrimage to pay their final respects to Rev. Sun Myung Moon. Published September 13, 2012
By David R. Sands - The Washington Times
Unification Church founder Rev. Sun Myung Moon's work on behalf of harmony among the world's great faiths will be among his most lasting achievements, Emmanuel Milingo, the onetime Zambian Catholic archbishop defrocked for taking a wife in a ceremony presided over by Rev. Moon in 2001, said in an interview Thursday. Published September 13, 2012
By David R. Sands - The Washington Times
It's just one floral tribute among hundreds here, but the stand of white paper chrysanthemums draped by a ribbon of Korean characters bears some unique political and diplomatic weight. The wreath expresses the condolences of new young North Korean leader Kim Jong-un for the death of Unification Church founder and spiritual guide the Rev. Sun Myung Moon. Published September 13, 2012
By David R. Sands - The Washington Times
The Unification Church is strongly positioned to preserve and expand both its global spiritual outreach and its commercial holdings as tens of thousands of believers gather to say a final goodbye to founder Rev. Sun Myung Moon, two top church officials said this week. Published September 12, 2012
By Associated Press
A Unification Church official says the youngest son of the late Rev. Sun Myung Moon has left South Korea for the North Korean capital to meet with mourners. Published September 7, 2012
By The Washington Times
Jan. 6, 1920: Born as Yong Myung, one of 13 children, to Kyung-yoo Moon and Kyung-gye Kim in Sangsa Ri village in Pyongan province, now part of North Korea. His family had been wealthy, educated farmers, but had fallen on hard times. Japan had annexed the country in 1910, and Moon elders participated in independence efforts. Published September 3, 2012
By Frank Perley - The Washington Times
Rev. Sun Myung Moon both credited America for saving his life during the Korean War, and maintained a belief that one of the reasons he was spared was to awaken America to its God-given destiny. Published September 3, 2012
By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times
The legacy of the late Rev. Sun Myung Moon will forever be tied to the fight to defeat communism, a cause to which he devoted much of his life's work and, in the process, earned a place in history as a contributor to the end of the Cold War. Published September 2, 2012
By John Haydon - The Washington Times
The Rev. Sun Myung Moon, who passed away early Monday in South Korea, was an avid sports fan who sponsored fishing tournaments, founded South Korea's most successful soccer club and created an international soccer event that attracted such famous clubs as Spain's Real Madrid, Tottenham Hotspur of England, and the Los Angeles Galaxy. Published September 2, 2012
By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times
Peace was his focus, peace the lifelong theme of his preaching. Beyond a devotion to love and family, the third persistent theme in the teachings and ministry of the Rev. Sun Myung Moon was the search for ways to promote peace in the world, articulated in often surprising ways by a man who approached the theme through both lofty concept and down-to-earth practical application. Published September 2, 2012
By THE WASHINGTON TIMES
These are excerpts from the Rev. Sun Myung Moon's 2009 autobiography, "As a Peace-Loving Global Citizen." Published September 2, 2012
By Sam Kim - Associated Press
The Unification Church on Thursday asked followers around the world to pray and fast for its founder, the Rev. Sun Myung Moon, who was unconscious in a Seoul hospital's intensive-care unit. Published August 15, 2012
By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times
The Rev. Sun Myung Moon died in Korea on Sunday at the age of 92. He founded The Washington Times in 1982, and through it maintained a strong voice at the highest levels of national and international affairs. Over 30 years, the preeminent challenges of the day have changed, from the Communist threat during the Cold War to the contemporary dangers posed by suffocating debt. Published September 2, 2012
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