Papa Franjo stigao je jutros u Mongoliju kako bi ohrabrio jednu od najmanjih i najnovijih katoličkih zajednica na svijetu, prenosi AFP.
Ovo je prvi put da je papa posjetio tu azijsku zemlju bez izlaza na more i to u vrijeme kada su odnosi Vatikana s dva moćna susjeda Mongolije, Rusijom i Kinom, ponovo zategnuti.
Franjo je stigao u mongolsku prijestolnicu Ulaanbaatar nakon noćnog leta koji je prošao kroz kineski zračni prostor, dajući pontifiku rijetku priliku da uputi pozdravnu poruku predsjedniku Xi Jinpingu. Vatikanski protokol poziva papu da šalje takve pozdrave kad god leti iznad strane zemlje.
U svojoj poruci Siju, Franjo je izrazio “pozdrave dobre želje vašoj ekselenciji i narodu Kine”.
– Uvjeravajući vas u svoje molitve za dobrobit nacije, zazivam na sve vas božanske blagoslove jedinstva i mira – rekao je Franjo.
Obraćajući se novinarimana putu za Mongoliju, Franjo je rekao da se raduje posjeti zemlji koja ima malo ljudi, ali s kulturom za koju su vam potrebna vaša čula da biste je razumjeli./Fena/HMS/
Pope Francis arrived in Mongolia this morning to encourage one of the smallest and newest Catholic communities in the world, as reported by AFP.
This is the first time the Pope has visited this landlocked Asian country, and it comes at a time when the Vatican’s relations with two powerful neighbors of Mongolia, Russia and China, are once again strained.
Francis arrived in the Mongolian capital, Ulaanbaatar, after a night flight that passed through Chinese airspace, giving the pontiff a rare opportunity to send a greeting to President Xi Jinping. Vatican protocol calls for the Pope to send such greetings whenever he flies over a foreign country.
In his message to Xi, Francis expressed “good wishes to Your Excellency and the people of China.”
- Assuring you of my prayers for the well-being of the nation, I invoke upon all of you divine blessings of unity and peace,” said Francis.
Speaking to reporters en route to Mongolia, Francis said he was looking forward to visiting a country with few people but a culture that requires your senses to understand it.