What Is Pope Francis Doing in Mongolia?
There are only 1,500 Catholics in Mongolia, but the country sits strategically between China and Russia.
Pope Francis is visiting Mongolia — a country with one of the world’s smallest Catholic populations but situated between two global giants that have long been on the pope’s bucket travel list: Communist China and Russia.
His Holiness landed in Mongolia on Friday, becoming the first pope to visit the Asian country. It is an “unprecedented” trip, the Vatican’s spokesman, Matteo Bruni, said. During the four-day visit, the pope will connect with the local 1,500-person Catholic community.
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