Pope visits Mexico and Cuba

After holding a historic first meeting with the head of the Russian Orthodox Church in Cuba, Pope Francis will visit some of the poorest
and most violent corners of Mexico on his first visit as pontiff

TEXAS

UNITED STATES

El Paso U.S.

PACIFIC OCEAN

Ciudad Juárez

MEXICO Mexico City

Morelia

GULF OF MEXICO

San Cristóbal de las Casas

Tuxtla Gutiérrez

GUATEMALA

EL SALVADOR

CUBA

Havana

BELIZE

HONDURAS

CARIBBEAN SEA

NICARAGUA

COSTA RICA

PANAMA

COLOMBIA

ECUADOR

PERU

200km 125 miles

Feb 12, Cuba: Pope Francis meets with Patriarch Kirill at Havana airport –
first papal meeting with head of Russian Orthodox Church since Western and
Eastern branches of Christianity split in 1054

Feb 13, Mexico City: Meets President Enrique Peña Nieto. Holds Mass in Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe – world’s most-visited Marian shrine

Feb 14: Expected to draw 2.3 million spectators during motorcade and rally in Ecatepec, on outskirts of Mexico City

Feb 15: Flies to Chiapas, Mexico’s poorest state. Celebrates Mass with
indigenous communities in San Cristóbal de las Casas and meets with families at stadium in Tuxtla Gutiérrez

Feb 16: Addresses young people at stadium in Morelia, capital of violence-ridden state of Michoacán

Feb 17: Presides over cross-border Mass in Ciudad Juárez, now shedding image as Mexico’s former murder capital. Pope expected to address plight of migrants trying to reach U.S.

Meets inmates at infamous CERESO state prison before departing for Rome

Source: Vatican

Pictures: Getty Images