Friday, 6 September 2024 () Pope Francis begins a 12-day tour across four continents including Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste, and Singapore. Despite health concerns, he focuses on strengthening interreligious relationships and addressing climate change. The visit to Timor-Leste follows recent clergy abuse scandals. In Singapore, he will emphasize religious harmony and improve diplomatic relations with China.
Pope Francis is halfway through his longest, farthest, and most challenging tour of his pontificate. The wheelchair-bound octogenarian has travelled to Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and East Timor, and is set to end his tour in Singapore.
Indonesians welcome Pope Francis to Jakarta as he kicks off a 12-day tour of the Asia-Pacific region, with further stops planned in Papua New Guinea, East Timor and Singapore. The 87-year-old will..
Pope Francis arrives in Muslim-majority Indonesia to kick off a four-nation tour of the Asia-Pacific that will be the longest and farthest of the 87-year-old's papacy.
Francis will clock 32,814 kilometres by air during his Sept. 2-13 visit to Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, East Timor, and Singapore, far surpassing any of his previous 44 foreign trips.
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Friday, 6 September 2024 ()
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