Tag: Mongolia

The pontiff stressed the role of religions in promoting compassion, empathy, and responsibility toward the planet and its inhabitants

“You help us to appreciate and carefully cultivate what we Christians consider to be God’s creation, the fruit of His benevolent design”

Pope Francis told journalists aboard the chartered plane that to visit Mongolia is to encounter “a small people, but a big culture.”

Pope Francis' Apostolic Journey to Mongolia is a pivotal moment in the history and development of a “young” and “small” Catholic community

Francis will become the first pope in the history of the Catholic Church to visit Mongolia, a democracy between authoritarian powers

Pope Francis has also said that he hopes to travel to India next year in response to an invitation by Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Mongolia has a population of about 1,300 Catholics in a country of more than three million people

Protests in the landlocked East Asian nation entered their eighth day Monday, with thousands rallying in central Ulaanbaatar

"Through dialogue at all levels, it is urgent to promote a culture of peace and nonviolence and to work for it,” said Pope Francis

Move is part of a wider push by Beijing to wipe out Mongolian culture in the region, says rights group