Bangladesh: Cardinal says Pope will see church ‘rich in our poverty’

There are also elements of Pope Francis’s social and political agenda that will be especially welcome in the south Asian nation, which shares borders with both India and Myanmar.

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By Nirmala Carvalho | July 29, 2017

Christians account for just 0.5 percent of Bangladesh’s population of 170 million, roughly 90 percent of which is Muslim. In part because of systemic discrimination in employment, poverty among Christians is widespread. Despite that, Cardinal Patrick D'Rozario says when Pope Francis comes calling in late November and early December, he'll see a church "rich in our poverty."

Bangladesh’s first-ever cardinal, part of Pope Francis’s campaign to lift up the peripheries of the world, says Catholics in his country “joyfully” await the pontiff’s arrival later this year, where he’ll meet a church marked by a “richness in our poverty.”

Cardinal Patrick D’Rozario of Bhaka in Bangladesh told Crux that the dates for the pope’s visit to Bangladesh and Myanmar will be Nov. 23 to Dec. 8, although he was cautious about confirming Myanmar as the second destination for the pope’s Asia swing.
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