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Mongolia's Catholics - all 1,450 of them - could be squeezed standing into St. Peter's Basilica dozens of times over and their number is smaller than the congregation of a small parish in some small towns. So why is Pope Francis, 86 and in need of a wheelchair, travelling 8,278 km (5,143 miles) to visit them this week? Essentially, to paraphrase British climber George Mallory's response in the 1920s as to why he wanted to climb Mt. Everest, because the Catholics are there.
By Philip Pullella and Joseph Campbell VATICAN CITY/ULAANBAATAR (Reuters) - Mongolia's Catholics - all 1,450 of them - could be squeezed standing into.
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