Pope Francis visits Southeast Asia

Pope Francis takes the longest tour of his 11-year papacy, visiting four island nations in an ambitious trip that will test the strength of the 87-year-old Catholic Church leader


SINGAPORE
Jakarta 
INDONESIA
Dili
EAST TIMOR
PACIFIC OCEAN
PAPUA NEW GUINEA 
Vanimo
Port Moresby
500km 310 miles


ITINERARY

Sep 3, Indonesia: Pope lands in capital, Jakarta

Sep 4: Meets President Joko Widodo, delivers speech at Presidential Palace and meets religious leaders at Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption

Sep 5: Presides over interfaith meeting at Istiqlal Mosque, largest in Southeast Asia. Mass in Gelora Bung Karno Stadium

Sep 6, Papua New Guinea: Arrives in capital, Port Moresby

Sep 7: Greets street children and people with disabilities

Sep 8: Meets Prime Minister James Marape, presides over Mass in Sir John Guise Stadium. Flies to city of Vanimo to greet local missionaries and address Catholics at Holy Cross Cathedral, before flying back to capital

Sep 9, East Timor: Pope arrives in capital, Dili

Sep 10: Visits children with disabilities, meets local clergy in Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, and holds Mass in Esplanade of Taci Tolu

Sep 11, Singapore: Arrival

Sep 12: Meets Prime Minister Lawrence Wong before Mass in SportsHub National Stadium

Sep 13: Attends interreligious meeting with young people in Catholic Junior College and visits the elderly.
Departure for Rome


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Sources: Vatican, Reuters