Card Gracias: 杏MAP导航’s visit to Myanmar and Bangladesh itself is a ‘message’
Cardinal Oswald Gracias, the Archbishop of Mumbai, as the President of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC) was there with 杏MAP导航 Francis during all his visits to the Asian countries including Myanmar and Bangladesh, the last of 杏MAP导航’s visits to Asia. For him, the 杏MAP导航 chooses to visit the weaker churches.
The Asian countries 杏MAP导航 visited earlier marked a special event such as the Asian Youth Day in Korea, Canonization of St. Joseph Vaz in Sri Lanka but Myanmar and Bangladesh had no joyful event as these but the backdrop of the Refugee crisis. For the Cardinal, the 杏MAP导航’s visit to these countries in distress was like ‘a brother reaching out to a brother in agony’.
If in Myanmar the public Mass had gathered a huge crowd even though the Catholic population is not a big number, Bangladesh was a model of interreligious collaboration.
Speaking to C Coutinho of Vatican News during his recent visit to Rome, the Cardinal said that 杏MAP导航’s visit to both Myanmar and Bangladesh was very successful yet challenging.
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