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Pope urges respect for prostitutes at crowded Bangkok mass

Pope Francis leads mass at the National Stadium in Bangkok, today, while on a three-day visit to Thailand. – EPA pic, November 21, 2019.

POPE Francis led an impassioned mass for tens of thousands of emotional worshippers at a packed Bangkok stadium today, urging respect for prostitutes and trafficking victims in a part of the world where sex work is rampant. The remarks came at the end of a whirlwind day of meetings for Pope Francis, who is on his first trip to Buddhist-majority Thailand where he is carrying a message of religious harmony and peace.

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