Pope Francis may travel to
Bangladesh and Myanmar in November, Argentine news agency Telam
has said.
Vatican sources on Friday did not deny the reports, saying
such a visit was under evaluation.
The website 'Il Sismografo' reported that it is the exact
period in particular that is being discussed.
The likely dates are November 26-30, and indeed on the
calendar of the Prefecture of the Pontifical Household the
pope's general audience of November 29 appears to have been
cancelled.
Should the trip come to pass, Francis would be the second pope
to visit Bangladesh after John Paul II, who travelled there in
1986 as part of a long pilgrimage that also took in Singapore,
Fiji, New Zealand, Australia and the Seychelles.
This was the longest of the 104 journeys made by John Paul II
during his pontificate, covering over 50,000 km in 12 days.
Francis would instead be the first pope to visit Myanmar.
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