The Pope’s first visit to Mongolia

Pope Francis concludes his visit with a Sunday Mass. As well as ministering to the country’s tiny Catholic community of 1,500 people, the Vatican has used the trip to make overtures to Mongolia’s powerful neighbours, China and Russia.

Also on the programme: Eight million people have fled Ukraine since full-scale war began in February 2022. We get analysis from the International Organisation for Migration about the challenges facing those who want to return; and the monkey impersonators deployed in India to stop primates disrupting the G20 summit in Delhi.

Joining Paul Henley to discuss all this and more are Jamaican-born writer and playwright Patricia Cumper and Lord Peter Ricketts, former National Security Adviser to the UK government and now a crossbench peer in the UK’s House of Lords.

(IMAGE: Pope Francis attends an ecumenical and interreligious meeting in the Hun Theatre in Ulaanbataar, Mongolia, 03 September 2023.CREDIT: CIRO FUSCO/ EPA-EFE/ REX/ Shutterstock)