With China's crackdown on religious minorities as a backdrop, Pope Francis joined Mongolian shamans, Buddhist monks and a Russian Orthodox priest Sunday to highlight the role that religions can play in forging world peace, as he presided over an interfaith meeting highlighting Mongolia's tradition o
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00:00 Pope Francis praised Mongolia's active role in promoting world peace and highlighted the
00:06 contribution of the small Mongolian Catholic Church to building a prosperous society in
00:12 a speech in Ulaanbaatar. He said governments had nothing to fear from the Church.
00:19 "The governments and secular institutions have nothing to fear from the evangelization
00:26 of the Church, because it has no political agenda to carry forward, but only knows the
00:33 humble strength of God's grace and a word of mercy and truth capable of promoting the
00:40 good of all."
00:44 Later, the Pope praised the indigenous wisdom of Mongolia's heritage.
00:52 Pilgrims have come from neighboring countries for the four-day visit.
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