November 27, 2017
Pope Francis arrived Yangon at 1.20 pm yesterday by
special flight. The leader of the Roman Catholic church was welcomed at the
Yangon International Airport by Union Minister for Health and Sports Dr Myint
Htwe, Yangon Region Chief Minister U Phyo Min Thein, regional ministers, U San
Lwin, Myanmar’s first Ambassador to the Holy See, Archbishop Paul Tsang in-Nam,
who based in Bangkok as both Vatican Nuncio to Thailand and Apostolic Delegate
to Myanmar, Daw Kay Thi Soe, Director-General of Strategic Studies and Training
Department, Cardinal Charles Bo, Archbishop of Yangon, John Saw Yaw Han, Auxiliary
Bishop of Archdiocese of Yangon and Catholics.
Pope Francis was welcomed by members of ethnic
minority groups in traditional dress at Yangon International Airport, people
including children waved Vatican and Myanmar flags and wearing T-shirts with
motto of the trip “love and peace, as his convoy passed the crowd at several
roadside points along the Pyay Road and Bogyoke Aung San Road.
More than 150,000 people have registered for a mass
that Francis will says in Yangon on Wednesday, according to Catholic Myanmar
Church spokesman Mariano Soe Naing.
During his trip, Pope Francis will meet President U
Htin Kyaw, State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, cabinet members, diplomats, religious
leaders and Catholics.
MNA
Ref; The Global New Light of Myanmar
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