BBCNEWS BBC News November 29, 2017
So far on his trip, the pope has not publicly referred to the countrys persecuted Rohingya Muslim minority by name. Lets take a look at the open air service in the chaikasan sports ground. You can see there are thousands of people gathered for mass with pope francis. It has been going on for a short while. The Catholic Community in myanmar is relatively small, consisting of a few hundred thousand catholics. Earlier in the day, pope francis called for what he said was respect for each ethnic group and its identity. Some interpreted in that as an indirect reference to the rohingya people. He hel...