ROME – A group of Chinese Catholics were so thrilled to see the Pope close to home that they invented excuses to make the trip to Mongolia, and remained worried that they might be discovered. One man who spoke on behalf of the group asked to remain anonymous for fear of government backlash after returning home.
Speaking to journalists, the man said there are several groups of Chinese Catholics in Mongolia for Pope Francis’s visit, and that there are around a hundred in his own group. Though he didn’t know exactly how many would come, he said “there will be many,” with others coming from “all over the country.”
