Mongolia Prepares for the Arrival of Pope Francis | EWTN News Nightly

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Final preparations are underway for the Holy Father's trip next week to Mongolia. Pope Francis will be the first Pope to ever visit the East Asian country. Mongolia has a population of around 3.5 million people. The majority is Buddhist and very few are Catholic, only about 1,000 people. The Holy Father will meet with the Catholics and missionaries who have helped rebuild the Church there in the past 30 years, following the Soviet rule of Mongolia and its release in 1992. It was only 3 religious missionaries who arrived in Mongolia and started from scratch. When looking at the religious in the country, there are only about 80 priests and nuns total, and most of them are foreign missionary workers. EWTN News Vatican Correspondent, Colm Flynn has more. ------------ EWTN News Nightly provides the latest news and analysis from a Catholic perspective. Join host Tracy Sabol, our Capitol Hill, White House and Rome Correspondents, as well as many other diverse guests daily, to get the latest from the U.S. and the Vatican on topics regarding our Catholic faith and interests. ------------- EWTN News Nightly airs on EWTN weekdays at 6pm & 9pm ET. ------------ Don't miss an episode of EWTN New Nightly. Get updates here: https://www.ewtn.com/tv/shows/ewtn-news-nightly ------------- Sign up today to receive the EWTN News Nightly newsletter: https://www.ewtn.com/enn ------------- Follow EWTN News Nightly on Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ewtnnewsnightly Twitter: https://twitter.com/EWTNNewsNightly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ewtnnewsnightly/ ------------- Subscribe to EWTN YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/EWTN ------------- You can support the EWTN News mission: https://bit.ly/3qDR1qf