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Pope Francis may eye Mongolia as a way to help build bridges with its neighbours China and Russia - Copyright AFP Tiziana FABIAlexandria SAGEPope Francis heads to Mongolia this week, an unlikely choice given the isolated nation’s small Catholic community, but a strategic one due to the young democracy’s geographical position between two superpowers. In […]
Pope Francis heads to Mongolia this week, an unlikely choice given the isolated nation s small Catholic community, but a strategic one due to the young democracy s geographical position between two superpowers.
Pope Francis heads to Mongolia this week, an unlikely choice given the isolated nation's small Catholic community, but a strategic one due to the young democracy's geographical position between two superpowers.A former Soviet satellite state that has been a democracy since 1992, Mongolia has one of the world's youngest and smallest Catholic communities, estimated at approximately 1,400 people among its population of 3.3 million.