Kim Yu-na is Roman Catholic

by Bill in: Sports Related

My wife saw her do a sign of the cross and she asked me if Yu-Na was Catholic. In late 2008 I researched her for a online fiction story I was writing and didn’t discover anything about Kim’s religious views.

Today I found this-

Kim Yu-Na (???), the World champion of figure skating, was baptized last year and had Stella for her baptismal name (Korean Catholics acquire a Saint’s name when they get baptism). Since then, she has made a sign of cross before her performance as seen in this clip. She is proud to testify her Catholic faith in public.

If you click here, you’ll see her make a sign of the cross before beginning her skating program.

With out knowing it, my online fiction story parallels Kim Yu-Na I wrote after first it after first becoming acquainted with her. It was about another South Korean skater who trained in the United States and lived with her American Uncle and Korean Aunt who were Roman Catholic and eventually adopt their niece.

BTW I have written fiction stories revolving around other sports. Baseball and of course, Golf. Other than Kim, I have no interest in figure skating. How about those Miami Dolphins?

My wife is now a big fan of Kim. That’s Filipinas for you.

Source of the images: Pyeonghwa (Peace) Newspaper