Pope Francis has concluded the first ever Papal visit to Mongolia where Christianity and Catholicism are now openly practiced, embraced by less than 2,000 Mongolians. This visit aimed to strengthen ties with Mongolia, a landlocked Asian country located next to China and Russia.
ULAANBAATAR In an unprecedented event, Pope Francis and just about the entire Catholic population of a country were in the same room when he presided at a Mass in Mongolia's capital on Sunday (Sept 3). The Mass in Ulaanbaatar's Steppe Arena was the religious highlight of the pope's trip to visit the Catholic community of just 1,450. Most of.
At Pope Francis’s Mass in Ulaanbaatar Sunday afternoon, attended by nearly 200 people from mainland China, one young Catholic from the mainland said life for the Church in his country is extremely difficult, and asked that the pope help “save” them.
Many Mongolian Catholics who attended the papal Mass in Ulaanbaatar on Sunday said the pope’s visit was a source of pride for their country and a signal to the entire region
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