Kazakhstan is the ninth largest country in the world. There are 18 million inhabitants and one percent are Catholic.
“When one remembers with nostalgia past tendencies or wants to impose new ones, one runs the risk of putting the 'I' before the people of God,” he said.
He will celebrate a special Mass at St. Peter's Basilica for them.
The theme is “Make me a Channel of your Peace,” and the goal is to spread “the peace of God within the hearts of all people.”