Little enthusiasm for Pope in Georgia

Only a few thousand Catholics on Saturday attended the papal Mass in the Georgian capital Tsiblisi.

The stadium in Tbilisi with a capacity of 25 000 persons remained virtually empty. The turnout was so low, because in Georgia than 1 percent of the population is Catholic yet.

The Vatican had actually expected a delegation from the Patriarch of the Georgian Orthodox Church, Ilia II. But which did not show. The pope had Friday upon arrival at Tsiblisi have a personal meeting with Ilia II.

President Giorgi Margvelashvili of Georgia attended the church service'll come around.\n  \n  \n   advertisement

Sunday the pope flies back to Rome.