This handout picture taken and released by the Vatican press office (Osservatore Romano) on November 28, 2017 shows Pope Francis (C) meeting with Myanmar’s civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi (R) in Naypyidaw. Pope Francis will hold talks with Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi on November 28, a key moment of a tour aimed at alleviating religious and ethnic hatreds that have driven huge numbers of Muslim Rohingya from the country. (Photo by Handout / OSSERVATORE ROMANO / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE – MAN
Pope Francis (R) attends a meeting with Bhaddanta Kumarabhivasma (not in picture), Chairman of state Sanga Maha Nayaka Committee, and Buddhist monks in Yangon on November 29, 2017. Pope Francis spread a message of forgiveness in a historic open-air mass before a sea of worshippers in Yangon on on November 29, during a visit to conflict-torn Myanmar that has been framed so far by his public sidestepping of the Rohingya crisis. (Photo by Vincenzo PINTO / AFP)This handout picture taken and released by the Vatican press office (Osservatore Romano) on November 29, 2017 shows Pope Francis waving to the Catholic faithful prior to an open-air mass in Yangon on November 29, 2017. Pope Francis spread a message of forgiveness in a historic open-air mass before a sea of worshippers in Yangon on on November 29, during a visit to conflict-torn Myanmar that has been framed so far by his public sidestepping of the Rohingya crisis. (Photo by Handout / OSSERVATORE ROMANO / AFP
A screen showing an image of Pope Francis and Myanmar’s civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi is seen as the pope leads mass at the St. Mary’s Cathedral in Yangon on November 30, 2017. The “moral authority” of Pope Francis is undiminished despite his failure to address the Rohingya crisis head-on during a visit to Myanmar, the Vatican said late November 29, defending a papal trip framed by the plight of the Muslim minority. (Photo by Vincenzo PINTO / AFP)This handout picture taken and released by the Vatican press office (Osservatore Romano) on November 30, 2017 shows Pope Francis (R) meeting faithful during a mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Yangon. Pope Francis on November 30 wrapped up a visit to Myanmar defined by his decision not to address the Rohingya crisis in public, before flying to Bangladesh, where huge numbers of refugees from the Muslim minority languish in refugee camps. (Photo by Handout / OSSERVATORE ROMANO / AFP) / —–EDITORS NOTE — RES
Pope Francis (L) attends a meeting with Bhaddanta Kumarabhivasma (front R), Chairman of state Sanga Maha Nayaka Committee, and Buddhist monks in Yangon on November 29, 2017. Pope Francis spread a message of forgiveness in a historic open-air mass before a sea of worshippers in Yangon on on November 29, during a visit to conflict-torn Myanmar that has been framed so far by his public sidestepping of the Rohingya crisis. (Photo by Vincenzo PINTO / AFP)This handout picture taken and released by the Vatican press office (Osservatore Romano) on November 30, 2017 shows Pope Francis (C) at a mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Yangon. Pope Francis on November 30 wrapped up a visit to Myanmar defined by his decision not to address the Rohingya crisis in public, before flying to Bangladesh, where huge numbers of refugees from the Muslim minority languish in refugee camps. (Photo by Handout / OSSERVATORE ROMANO / AFP) / —–EDITORS NOTE — RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL
