Pope Francis meets Thailand's Supreme Buddhist Patriarch at Wat Ratchabophit Monastery in Bangkok. Photo: AFP / Vincenzo PINTO
The 82-year-old head of the Catholic church also delivered impassioned remarks about the plight of vulnerable children and women who he said deserved a “dignified” future.In a highly symbolic meeting Thursday, he sat down with Thailand’s supreme Buddhist patriarch Somdej Phra Maha Muneewong at the Ratchabophit temple in Bangkok’s historic old quarter.
Though Christianity’s first visitors were initially met with scepticism, today Thailand’s nearly 400,000 Catholics face little discrimination.The head of the world’s 1.3 billion Catholics met with Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha at a red-carpet welcome ceremony at the government guest house, before addressing medical staff at Bangkok’s St. Louis hospital.
Trafficking for sexual exploitation is rampant across Southeast Asia, and most victims are young girls, according to the United Nations. His message came as a Vietnamese Catholic priest was banned from travelling to Japan to attend his mass, after the government cited him as a “national security” threat.
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