Pope Francis will travel to Japan and Thailand from Nov. 19-26, 2019
Published on Sep 13, 2019
A year ago, the pope said these words to a group from Japan.
POPE FRANCIS
And taking advantage of your visit, I would like to announce my willingness to visit Japan next year. I hope I can do so.
The Vatican has officially confirmed that Pope Francis will visit the Far East in November. His first stop will be Thailand. He will arrive there on the 20th and will stay until the 23rd. He will then visit Japan, where he will stay from the 23rd to the 26th.
There, he will visit Tokyo. Then, in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, he will resume the speech he made to the UN during his trip in 2015.
POPE FRANCIS
There is an urgent need to work for a world free of nuclear weapons in full application of the non-proliferation Treaty, in letter and spirit.
When he was young, Pope Francis said that he wanted to be a missionary in Japan. No one could imagine that he would one day visit Japan as the pope.
Javier Romero Bedate
Translated: Rachel Dobzynski
Copyright: Vatican Media
It’s Official: Pope Francis Will Visit Japan & Thailand
This Apostolic Visit Will Mark His 32nd Pastoral Visit Outside of Italy
It’s official: Pope Francis is going to Japan and Thailand.
According to a statement from the Director of the Holy See Press Office, Matteo Bruni, on Friday, Sept. 13, 2019, Pope Francis will make this Apostolic Visit, marking his 32nd Apostolic Visit outside of Italy, at the end of November.
Pope Francis’s apostolic trip to the Kingdom of Thailand and to Japan will take place from 19 to 26 November 2019.
“At the invitation of the government of the Kingdom of Thailand and the bishops of the country, His Holiness Pope Francis will make an apostolic journey to the Kingdom of Thailand from 20 to 23 November 2019,” the declaration began.
“Accepting the invitation of the government and episcopate of Japan,” it continued, “His Holiness Pope Francis will make an apostolic journey to the country from 23 to 26 November 2019, where he will visit the cities of Tokyo, Nagasaki and Hiroshima.”
“The program of the trip will be published in due course,” it concluded.