Pope Francis plans to journey to South-East Asia in late summer season, the Holy See’s spokesman stated on Friday.
The pinnacle of the Catholic Church is to go to Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, East Timor and Singapore from September 2-13, it stated.
Throughout the deliberate journey, 87-year-old Francis is to go to the capital cities of Jakarta, Port Moresby, Dili and Singapore.
In Papua New Guinea, a stopover within the small city of Vanimo can be deliberate along with the go to to Port Moresby. The Holy See intends to announce the precise itinerary at a later date.
Francis has talked about a go to to the East Asia-Pacific area in public appearances, nonetheless, he has been ill for a while.
Francis has not too long ago been combating varied respiratory infections. In November, his medical doctors suggested him to cancel a visit to Dubai.
To date this yr, solely three additional journeys by the Pope have been formally introduced: Home journeys to Venice, Verona and Trieste.
