Vatican media now transmit news in 52
languages after Mongolian on Wednesday joined the other written
and spoken languages already present thanks to a collaboration
with the local Church in the east Asian country.
As a result, all Sunday Angelus and Wednesday catechesis will be
translated and published on the Vatican Radio-Vatican News
portal's new dedicated language page.
"We are happy about this new possibility to read the words of
the Holy Father in Mongolian," said Cardinal Giorgio Marengo,
Apostolic Prefect of Ulaanbaatar.
"It is one of the fruits of his recent visit to the land of the
eternal blue sky, which touched the hearts of Mongolian
Catholics, but also of many people of other religious beliefs,
positively impressed by the great human and spiritual testimony
of Pope Francis," he added.
Francis made the 43rd Apostolic Journey of his pontificate to
Mongolia last September.
"The journey to Mongolia in September 2023 was extraordinary for
the testimony we all received from that small and still emerging
Church, devoted to serving others," said Andrea Tornielli,
Editorial Director of Vatican Media.
"The drone photo with the Successor of Peter and all the
Catholics of the country, who number 1,500, is historic. As a
sign of attention to this small community, to foster communion,
thanks to the collaboration of Cardinal Marengo, we have decided
to open a Mongolian language page on Vatican News, thus bringing
the languages used by the Vatican media system to 52 for now. It
is a tribute to our Mongolian brothers and sisters, as well as
their evangelical testimony in Mongolia," he added.
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