Pope Francis hailed religion's power to resolve conflict and promote peace Sunday, on his final full day in the Mongolian
Pope Francis hailed religion’s power to resolve conflict and promote peace Sunday, on his final full day in the Mongolian capital of Ulaanbaatar for a visit that has seen him seek to build bridges with neighbouring China.
“Religious traditions, for all their distinctiveness and diversity, have impressive potential for the benefit of society as a whole,” the 86-year-old pontiff told them. And by venturing to the isolated Central Asian country, the Argentine Jesuit has hoped not only to encourage the tiny Catholic community of missionaries and the faithful, but use his presence at China’s backdoor to improve the Vatican’s relations with Beijing.
Beijing’s Communist Party, which exercises strict control over all recognised religious institutions, is wary of the Catholic Church on its territory. He said Mongolia’s Shamanist and Buddhist traditions of living in harmony with nature could help in the “urgent and no longer deferrable efforts to protect and preserve planet Earth”.They “represent a safeguard against the insidious threat of corruption, which effectively represents a serious menace to the development of any human community”.
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