It's the first time a pope has visited the landlocked Asian country and comes at a time when the Vatican’s relations with Mongolia’s two powerful neighbors, Russia and China, are once again ...

Pope Francis on Sunday became the first pontiff to visit Mongolia and hold mass there. He also attempted to address the political tension between Mongolia and its neighbor China.

Pope Francis wrapped up his historic four-day visit to Mongolia on Monday. It's the first time any pope has visited the majority-Buddhist country. CBS News foreign correspondent Chris Livesay ...

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VATICAN CITY (AP) — When Pope Francis travels to Mongolia this week, he will in some ways be completing a mission begun by the 13th-century Pope Innocent IV, who dispatched emissaries east to ...

Pope Francis told reporters in his press pool, en route from the pontiff’s last overseas voyage to Africa, that he intends to visit Mongolia this fall and India in the next year VATICAN CITY ...

The geopolitical angle of Pope Francis’ state visit to Mongolia is clear: The Vatican supports Mongolia’s democracy, respect for religious freedom, and peaceful foreign policy. Despite the ...

Pope Francis arrived in Mongolia on Friday on a visit designed to encourage one of the world’s smallest and newest Catholic communities. It is the first time a pope has visited the landlocked ...

Pope Francis has left hospital in Rome nine days after a hernia operation. It was the pontiff's second stint hospital this ...

The 86-year-old pontiff cancelled his three-day visit to Dubai because of the effects of influenza and lung inflammation.

Pope Francis arrived on Friday (September 1) in Mongolia, a predominantly Buddhist country with around just 1,450 Catholics that the ... Pope Francis arrives for first-ever Mongolia visit Posted ...