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Mongolia

Catholicism in Mongolia: A timeline

How has the Church fared in a country once regarded by Westerners as unfathomably exotic and remote?

The Pillar
Aug 31, 2023
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Francis will become the first pope to visit Mongolia when he touches down Friday at the Chinggis Khaan International Airport.

Sts. Peter and Paul Cathedral in Mongolia’s capital, Ulaanbaatar. Davaadorj.sfs via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). 

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Over the next three days, he will hop from one gathering to the next in the capital, Ulaanbataar. 

One of the trip’s high…

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