Pope stays mum on Rohingya Francis X. Rocca and Ben Otto, WSJ Wednesday, November 29, 2017 Francis told Myanmar’s political leaders that their country’s democratization depends on inclusion of all ethnic and religious groups, but he avoided directly referring to the Muslim Rohingya minority whose treatment he has previously denounced as religious persecution. © 2023 The Catholic Thing. All rights reserved. For reprint rights, write to: [email protected] The Catholic Thing is a forum for intelligent Catholic commentary. Opinions expressed by writers are solely their own.