NEWS ANALYSIS/OMNIS TERRA - A twenty-five year old Church: the challenges of Mission in Mongolia

Saturday, 21 October 2017 missionary animation   mission   evangelization   religious freedom   human rights   local churches   buddhism   religious minorities  

The Catholic Church in Mongolia has just recently celebrated 25 years of its presence. The first Catholic community was founded in the capital Ulaanbaatar only in 1992, shortly after the Mongol government had initiated diplomatic relations with the Holy See.
The Congregation of the Missionaries of Scheut or CICM (Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary) were asked to send some missionaries to the land of Genghis Khan. What is the situation like today? What are the challenges of the small Catholic Mongol community? How is the action of the local Church changing? (...)