Pope Francis affirmed that governments and secular institutions “have nothing to fear from the evangelizing action of the Church, because she has no political agenda to push forward, but only knows the humble strength of God’s grace and a Word of mercy and truth, capable of promoting the good of all”.
In the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul in Ulaanbaatar, Pope Francis held a meeting with the bishops, priests, missionaries, consecrated men and women and pastoral agents of Mongolia on 2 September, Saturday.
In this temple, whose structure evokes the typical dwelling of Mongolian nomads, Pope Francis gave a speech of hope and encouraged the country’s religious to “spend their lives for the Gospel” with simplicity and without fear “despite the reduced numbers”.
After 4:00 p.m., before entering the Cathedral, the Holy Father entered a yurt built outside the temple accompanied by Cardinal Giorgio Marengo, where he met with Mrs. Tsetsege, the woman who rescued a carving from a landfill. of the Virgin Mary.
Inside this traditional Mongolian home, the Pontiff spoke with the woman who found this image 15 years before there were Catholics in the region. She is known as the “Mother of Heaven” and before her Cardinal Giorgio Marengo consecrated the Mongolian nation to the Virgin Mary.
On his way to the Cathedral, the Holy Father stopped to greet some of the 2,000 faithful who were waiting for him, some of them very emotional. Once inside this temple in the Mongolian capital, he listened attentively to the greeting of Bishop José Luis Mumbiela, President of the Episcopal Conference of Central Asia and the testimony of a missionary Sister, a priest and a pastoral agent.