Denver, Colo., Aug 30, 2023 / 11:45 am
Mongolia, which Pope Francis is visiting this week, is a nation where religious freedom and respect for human life are “fundamental” values, the country’s former president said.
Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj, Mongolia's president from 2009 to 2017, spoke about those values earlier this year in an interview with “EWTN News Nightly.”
“Throughout our history, Mongols were very respectful for religious beliefs,” he said.
Elbegdorj explained that during the Mongolian empire, all those who worked in church temples were exempt from military service and from paying taxes to show respect to those religious people.