DO NOT SEE CHRISTIANITY AS ‘FOREIGN’ – POPE URGES THAIS

Pope Francis paid tribute on Friday to Catholics in Thailand who suffered or and were killed for their faith in the past and urged today’s Thais not to consider Christianity a “foreign” religion.

The pope was on his last full day of a visit to Thailand, where the dominant culture is closely tied to Buddhism, although the Catholic minority of fewer than 1% were generally treated well in modern times.

On Friday, Pope Francis traveled to Wat Roman, a mostly Catholic area on the outskirts of the bustling capital of Bangkok. The pope visited a modern sanctuary built in honor of Nicholas Bunkerd Kitbamrung, a Thai priest who died in 1944 and is considered a martyr.

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