China forbids Catholic bishops and faithful from joining Pope Francis in Mongolia

No bishop from mainland China has been allowed to travel to Mongolia as Pope Francis makes the first-ever visit by the leader of the Catholic Church to this vast landlocked country sandwiched between China and Russia.

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