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VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis faces a packed schedule when he heads to Indonesia, Singapore and the islands of Papua New Guinea and East Timor in September, including presiding over three stadium masses.The trip from September 2 to 13 -- the longest the 87-year-old pope will ever have been away from Rome during his 11-year papacy -- promises to be physically gruelling, and comes despite Francis cutting back on international travel.
In Indonesia, home to the world's largest Muslim population, the pope will participate in an interreligious meeting at the Istiqlal Mosque, one of the largest mosques in the world.In Papua New Guinea, he will meet street children and make a day trip to Vanimo in the country's north, where he will meet with Catholic missionaries.Francis had been due to take the trip in September 2020 but it was cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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