The Vatican also published Thursday a general schedule for the October assembly, which will begin with an opening Mass in St. Peter’s Square on Oct. 4 and clo.
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 - Pope Francis sent greetings to China on Sunday (Sept 3), calling its citizens a "noble" people and asking Catholics in China to be "good Christians and good citizens," in his latest overture to the communist country to ease restrictions on religion. Francis made the unscripted comments at the end of a Mass in Mongolia's capital, calling up the.