POPE: YOUR MISSION IS NOT CONVERSION

The country’s 23,000 Roman Catholics – most of them expatriate Europeans, mainly French, and sub-Saharan African migrants – make up less than one percent of the population of about 35 million.

Pope Francis told Morocco’s tiny Catholic community on Sunday their role in the predominantly Muslim country was not to covert their neighbors but live in brotherhood with all other faiths.

Francis has used his two-day trip to stress inter-faith dialog. He has also backed Moroccan King Mohammed VI’s efforts to spread a form of Islam that promotes inter-religious dialog and rejects violence in God’s name.

The country’s 23,000 Roman Catholics – most of them expatriate Europeans, mainly French, and sub-Saharan African migrants – make up less than one percent of the population of about 35 million.

“Christians are a small minority in this country. Yet, to my mind, this is not a problem, even though I realize that at times it can be difficult for some of you,” he said at a meeting with Catholic community leaders in Rabat’s cathedral.

MORE: https://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Pope-to-Catholics-in-Morocco-Your-mission-is-not-conversion-585344

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