papal inauguration of Pope Benedict XVI and there he did discharge the duties of the cardinal protopresbyter. Death From 2007, Kim's health gradually deteriorated, and he was seldom seen in public, the last time being the 2008 Christmas Midnight Mass at Myeongdong Cathedral. He died in Seoul on February 16, 2009, from respiratory problems. During a four-day lying in state period some 400,000 Catholic mourners were said to have filed past his coffin in the city's Myeongdong Cathedral. He was buried on February 20. As per his will, he donated his organs, and the Cardinal's eyes were quickly used in two successful cornea transplants. Written 이 땅에 평화를 - 김수환 추기경과의 대화, 1988 참으로 사람답게 살기위하여 - 김수환 추기경의 세상 사는 이야기 (사람과 사람, 1998) 우리가 서로 사랑한다는 것, 1999 너희와 모든 이를 위하여, 1999 See also Beyond That Mountain, a 2020 biographical film based on Stephen Kim Sou-hwan's childhood. References External links catholic-pages bio of Stephen Kim Sou-hwan Cardinal Stephen Kim Sou-hwan, Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church Cardinal Stephen Kim Sou-hwan Catholic Hierarchy 1922 births 2009 deaths Roman Catholic archbishops of Seoul People from Daegu South Korean cardinals 20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in South Korea Sangji University alumni Cardinals created by Pope Paul VI Gwangsan Kim clan Roman Catholic bishops of Pyongyang Roman Catholic bishops of Masan Respiratory disease deaths in South Korea