Vatican: Pope Francis to visit Mexico next year, no date yet
Posted October 06, 2015 7:00 am
VATICAN CITY (AP) - The Vatican says Pope Francis is planning to visit Mexico next year.
The Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, confirmed Tuesday that plans are underway for the trip and said it would include a visit to the Our Lady of Guadalupe shrine. No dates were announced.
Francis has said previously that he wanted to have entered the U.S. from Mexico in a sign of solidarity with migrants during his recent U.S. trip but that the schedule didn't allow for it.
Francis had planned to visit his native Argentina as well as Uruguay and Chile next year, but it's not clear if that trip will still take place. The only other trip planned so far in 2016 is to Krakow, Poland, for World Youth Day in July.
Pope Francis listens to the opening speech during a morning session of the Synod of bishops, at the Vatican, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2015. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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Pope Francis smiles as he talks with a bishop before the start of a morning session of the Synod of bishops, at the Vatican, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2015. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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Pope Francis arrives for a morning session of the two-week bishops' Synod on family issues, at the Vatican, Tuesday, Oct. 6 2015. (Ettore Ferrari/ANSA via AP)
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Pope Francis, right, checks a folder next to Bishop Fabio Fabene, left, and Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri as they arrive at a morning session of the two week-long Synod of bishops, at the Vatican, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2015. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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