Snapshot: Yurt village, Mongolia
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Ukraine criticises Mongolia’s failure to arrest Putin
Reuters Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry said on Monday that Mongolia’s failure to arrest visiting Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin, wanted on an international warrant, dealt a severe blow to the international criminal law system. Putin arrived in Mongolia on Monday for talks likely to focus on a new gas pipeline connecting Russia and China. Russian President Vladimir […]
The Long Read: South Korea accused of modern slavery with seasonal worker scheme
South Korea needs workers, Filipinos need jobs – but an investigation shows their migrant labour scheme is rife with abuse. MARIEJO RAMOS, of Context, reports…
Historic encounter: Pope heads to Mongolia to minister to its few Catholics and complete centuries-old East-West mission
NICOLE WINFIELD, of Associated Press, reports on expectations ahead of the Pope’s historic four-day visit to Mongolia this week…
Essay: What the Pope’s visit to Mongolia says about his priorities and how he is changing the Catholic Church
In an article first published on The Conversation, scholar of Roman Catholicism KRISTY NABHAN-WARREN looks at what Pope Francis’ upcoming visit to the East Asian nation reveals…
A rebounding Pope Francis adds an overnight visit to France to his busy travel schedule
Rome, Italy AP Pope Francis will make a two-day trip to Marseille, France, in late September, adding to a flurry of trips the 86-year-old pontiff will soon be making only weeks after leaving hospital following abdominal surgery. Early this year, Francis had said that he would go to the port city to participate in a meeting […]
Pope visit to Mongolia will thrill tiny Catholic community, cardinal says
Vatican City Reuters The head of one of the world’s smallest national Catholic communities – Mongolia with 1,450 members – said on Monday that Pope Francis’ visit there will show how far it has come since locals watched “these funny foreigners praying”. Cardinal Giorgio Marengo, an Italian who administers the Church in the vast country […]
Pope Francis’ trip to Mongolia in September will be closely watched by Russia and China
Vatican City AP Pope Francis travels to the periphery of Roman Catholicism later this summer when he becomes the first pontiff to visit Mongolia, a Central Asian nation squeezed between Russia and China with just 1,500 Catholics. The visit is steeped in geopolitical significance as it will be closely watched by both Russia, which controlled Mongolia during […]
Pope undergoes surgery, doctors say successful enough that he can travel
Rome, Italy Reuters Pope Francis underwent a three-hour operation in a Rome hospital on Wednesday to repair a hernia, which doctors said was successful enough that he should have no limitations on his travels and other activities after he recovers. “He even joked with me about when we would do the third operation,” said chief […]
Pope to visit Mongolia, home to just 1,300 Catholics
Vatican City Reuters Pope Francis will make an 31st August to 4th September trip to Mongolia, one of the most far-flung places he has ever visited and which has only about 1,300 Catholics but is strategically significant for the Roman Catholic Church because of its proximity to China. The Vatican announced the trip in a […]