Pope arrives in Myanmar to Catholic crowds but will he use the word 'Rohingya'?

Pope Francis has arrived in Myanmar in the start of a tour which will include visiting Catholic communities in neighbouring Bangladesh but the big question is whether he will utter the word "Rohingya".

Pope arrives in Myanmar to Catholic crowds but will he use the word 'Rohingya'?

Update 1.39pm: Pope Francis has arrived on a visit to Burma and Bangladesh to encourage their tiny Catholic communities and reach out to some of Asia's poorest people, but the big question was whether he would utter the word "Rohingya".

Francis immediately dived into the Rohingya Muslim crisis by meeting Burma's powerful military leader, General Min Aung Hlaing and three officials from the bureau of special operations.

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