The geopolitics of Pope Francis' trip to Kazakhstan
Null / Porcupen/ShutterstockRome Newsroom, Sep 12, 2022 / 12:00 pm (CNA).This week Pope Francis is traveling to Kazakhstan, a Muslim-majority country sandwiched between Russia and China.The pope has said that he sees the trip to the former Soviet country as "an opportunity to meet many religious representatives and to engage in dialogue as brothers, inspired by the mutual desire for peace, the peace our world thirsts for."The Sept. 13-15 visit to the Kazakh capital Nur-Sultan, formerly known as Astana, comes shortly after the pope concluded a meeting with the Vatican's diplomats from...