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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