Crowds Welcome Pope Francis to Myanmar Amid Rohingya Crisis

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<p>Pope Francis arrived in Myanmar on November 27 amid warnings from some advisers that even saying the word “Rohingya” might set off a diplomatic crisis, Reuters reported</a>.</p><p>Thousands of the country’s 700,000 Catholics traveled to Yangon, where they welcomed the pope to the majority-Buddhist country. The visit comes during heightened tensions over the Rohingya crisis, after US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson labelled</a> the Myanmar government’s actions against the Rohingya as “ethnic cleansing” and threatened sanctions on November 22.</p><p>Pope Francis also planned</a> to visit Bangladesh on November 30, where more than 620,000 Rohingya refugees have fled in recent months, according to the UN</a>. Credit: Instagram/ak_nj_88 via Storyful</p>