Mongolia is a landlocked country uneasily poised between China and Russia. The Pope’s historic trip may be a diplomatic opportunity as well as a pastoral visit to one of the world’s most remote Catholic communities.
10 August 2023, The Tablet
The papal visit to Mongolia and the politics of reincarnation
Monks in a Buddhist temple in Mongolia, where half the population is Tibetan Buddhist.
Alamy/Ed Warner
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