Pope Francis has called for dialogue between Pyongyang and Seoul at the beginning of his five day trip to South Korea, on his first trip to Asia.<br /><br />However, North Korea greeted the pontiff with a defiant gesture, firing rockets as the papal plane approached South Korean airspace.<br /><br />Not easily ruffled, he continued his visit as planned meeting families of victims and survivors of the ferry disaster which killed more than 300 people in April. <br /><br />He also started the mass to a crowd of 50,000 assembled at the World Cup stadium in Daejeon.<br /><br />During the mass, Pope Francis once again appealed to Catholics to live a frugal life asking them to ‘combat the allure of materialism’.<br /><br />Rapid economic growth has made South Korea the 29th richest country in the world, but deep inequalities exist.
