Pontiff calls for them to be protected from abuse, enslavement. FMTNews Thailand Bangkok
Pope Francis touches the head of a baby at St Louis Hospital in Bangkok.
“I think, too, of all those women and children of our time, especially those who are wounded, violated and exposed to every form of exploitation, enslavement, violence and abuse,” he said at Government House. He also spoke of the plight of refugees, saying they have had to endure “a tragic exodus,” and still face many dangers.About 100,000 refugees from Myanmar have been living in nine camps along the border for decades, many since the early 1980s.
In a gesture of inter-religious dialogue, Francis went to the gilded Wat Ratchabophit Sathit Maha Simaram Temple to pay his respects to the country’s 91-year-old Supreme Buddhist Patriarch, Somdet Phra Maha Muniwong.
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