In overture to China, pope sends greetings to a ‘noble’ people

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Pope Francis made the unscripted comments at the end of Mass today in Mongolia.

ULAANBAATAR: Pope Francis today sent greetings to China, calling its citizens a “noble” people and asking Catholics in China to be “good Christians and good citizens”.

“These two brother bishops – the emeritus of Hong Kong and the current bishop of Hong Kong. I would like to take advantage of their presence to send a warm greeting to the noble Chinese people,” he said in Italian. On Saturday, in words that appeared to be aimed at China rather than the neighbouring country he was visiting, Francis said governments have nothing to fear from the Catholic Church because it has no political agenda.

 

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