![]() In a highly symbolic meeting on Thursday, he sat down with the Supreme Patriarch at Wat Ratchabophit. The 82-year-old head of the Catholic church also delivered impassioned remarks about the plight of vulnerable children and women who he said deserved a "dignified" future. He is pushing a message of inter-faith peace on a four-day visit that will see him lead a mass later Thursday for tens of thousands of faithful from across Southeast Asia. This is the pontiff's first visit to Buddhist-majority Thailand - where just over 0.5% of the population are Catholics - before he jets off to Japan on Saturday. Pope Francis met with the Supreme Patriarch on Thursday in a gilded temple on the first full day of his Asia tour aimed at promoting religious harmony. Pope Francis visits the Supreme Buddhist Patriarch at Wat Ratchabophit on Thursday. ![]()
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