Pope Francis urged Myanmar's Buddhist clergy to conquer "prejudice and hatred" on Wednesday, a carefully-worded appeal to powerful monks in a country facing intense global scrutiny over its persecution of the Muslim Rohingya.

"If we are to be united, as is our purpose, we need to surmount all forms of misunderstanding, intolerance, prejudice and hatred", he said to a room of Myanmar's top clerics.

Source: AFP