Pope Francis is planning to make the longest trip of his papacy in September, visiting Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste and Singapore, the Vatican press office announced.
During the 12-day Asian tour, the press office said April 12, he intends to visit: Jakarta,
Pope Francis' planned visit to Venice will include a Mass in the city's famous St. Mark's Square, a meeting with young people from the archdiocese and a meeting with female detainees at an island prison where the Vatican has set up its
Pope Francis has not accepted an invitation to travel to Moscow in June to meet with Vladimir Putin, the director of the Holy See press office said.
A report on the website of Intelligence Online, a French journal, "does not correspond to the
Pope Francis will go to Venice in April to visit a women's prison where the Holy See has set up its pavilion for the Venice Biennale, a major international contemporary art exhibition.
The pope will make the one-day trip April 28, according to
A papal visit to Vietnam would send a very good message to the Asian region, said Archbishop Paul R. Gallagher, the Vatican's foreign minister.
"There's a few further steps to be taken before (a papal trip) would be appropriate," he said, expressing optimism
Pope Francis was scheduled to be among dozens of world leaders addressing the World Climate Action Summit at the beginning of the conference, commonly known as COP28. "Although the Holy Father's general clinical condition has improved with regard to the flu and
When Pope Francis visits Dubai in the United Arab Emirates Dec. 1-3 to address the opening of the U.N. Climate Change Conference, he will be the first pope ever to attend one of the global gatherings that began in 1995.
The visit marks
Almost immediately after Pope Francis was elected in March 2013, Argentines expected him to visit. A flood of young Argentines traveled to neighboring Brazil that July for World Youth Day in Rio de Janeiro -- the new pope's first foreign trip. Pope
Pope Francis will travel to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates Dec. 1-3 to address the U.N. climate conference and to help inaugurate the Faith Pavilion where religious leaders and organizations will meet to share information and strategies for convincing governments to
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis will travel to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates Dec. 1-3 to participate in the U.N. Climate Change Conference, the Vatican press office confirmed. In an interview broadcast in Italy Nov. 1, the pope had said