Pope Urges Bishops to Establish Dialogue with Asian Nations

Pope Francis has urged bishops from around Asia to listen to people of different cultures but still remain true to their own Catholic identity. In a meeting with 60 bishops Sunday at South Korea's Haemi Martyrdom Holy Ground in North Chungcheong Province, Francis urged countries like China and North Korea to foster a proper dialogue with the Vatican.  China cut formal relations with the Vatican after the Communist Party came to power in 1949.   The pope said that the...

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