Published: December 01, 2017 19:19:46 | Updated: December 02, 2017 14:03:58
Pope Francis meets a group of Rohingya refugees in Dhaka, December 1, 2017. - Reuters
Pope Francis used the word ‘Rohingya’ for the first time to refer to refugees who have fled violence in Myanmar during his current trip to Asia.
“The presence of God today is also called Rohingya,” he said in an improvised remark after meeting 16 refugees who were brought to Dhaka from their camps in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar bordering Myanmar, reports Reuters.
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