The pope is nearing cessation of four-day visit to Myanmar in which he has not publicly spoken about plight of the RohingyaAs the crowds trickled out of the Yangon sports ground where Pope Francis delivered his first public mass before tens of thousands of people,Khin Maung Myint, a Rohingya activist, or sat on the sidelines. He was disappointed. Not in Francis,but in the advisers who appear to gain dissuaded the pontiff from bringing up the plight of the Rohingya people. Related: Pope Francis’s failure to say the word ‘Rohingya’ shows he is no peacemaker | Joanna Moorhead Related: The Guardian view on Pope Francis and the Rohingya: call them by their name | Editorial The Rohingya are Muslims who live in majority-Buddhist Myanmar. They are often described as "the world's most persecuted minority". Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com