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Francis opens a homeless clinic on the 1st papal visit to Mongolia

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Several of the foreign-staffed Catholic religious orders in Mongolia run shelters, orphanages and nursing homes to care for a population of 3.3 million where one in three people lives in poverty.

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  1. Digital Journal

    Chinese flock to Mongolia hoping for papal visit of their own (opens Digital Journal)

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    Catholic attendees at a welcome ceremony for Pope Francis in Ulaanbaatar - Copyright AFP Pedro PARDOYan ZHAO, Michael ZHANGChinese Catholics flocked to Mongolia’s capital to see Pope Francis this weekend, getting a glimpse of grand public expressions of religious faith unthinkable back home, and vis…

  2. Delaware Public Media

    Francis opens a homeless clinic on the 1st papal visit to Mongolia (opens Delaware Public Media)

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    Several of the foreign-staffed Catholic religious orders in Mongolia run shelters, orphanages and nursing homes to care for a population of 3.3 million where one in three people lives in poverty.

  3. Voice of America

    Pope Francis Visits Homeless Shelter on Last Day in Mongolia (opens Voice of America)

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    Pope Francis' voyage to the Central Asian nation — the first by a pope — has been overshadowed by his overtures to its powerful neighbor China.

  4. Deutsche Welle

    Pope Francis wraps up Mongolia trip at new homeless shelter – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    At the end of his historic trip to the Buddhist nation, Pope Francis said the Catholic church is driven by faith to help the needy and not as a way of attracting new converts.

  5. LocalSYR

    Francis opens clinic on 1st papal visit to Mongolia. He says it’s about charity not conversion (opens LocalSYR)

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    ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia (AP) — Pope Francis wrapped up the first-ever papal visit to Mongolia on Monday by inaugurating a church-run homeless clinic and shelter, insisting that such initiatives aren’…

  6. Religion News

    Pope Francis closes his visit to Mongolia with visit to shelter for women, homeless (opens Religion News)

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    (RNS) — 'We create a home, not a house,' said Brother Andrew Tran, the director of the House of Mercy, before the pope visited the shelter for the unhoused and for victims of domestic violence.

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