Pope Francis meets with bishops, priests, deacons, consecrated persons, seminarians and pastoral workers in Our Lady Of Perpetual Help Cathedral in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan September 15, 2022. REUTERS/Pavel Mikheyev
NUR-SULTAN (Reuters) - Pope Francis wrapped up a trip to Kazakhstan on Thursday as one of his most outspoken critics openly questioned the value of mega faith meetings such as the one the pontiff attended, calling them "a supermarket of religions" that diminished the status of the Catholic Church.
On the last day of his three-day visit Francis presided at a meeting of bishops, priests and nuns in the cathedral of Kazakh capital.
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