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Pope Francis walks from the papal plane as he arrives at an airfield during a 2015 foreign trip. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

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Pope Francis about to make first COVID-era European trip to Hungary, Slovakia

Inés San Martín|Sep 10, 2021|6 Min Read

Demonstrators gather in front of the presidential palace during a protest against the government's COVID-19 restrictions, in Bratislava, Slovakia, Nov. 17, 2020. The government has said all people attending events with Pope Francis during his Sept. 12-15 visit must be vaccinated. (CNS photo/Radovan Stoklasa)

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Diaspora and disease: Pope will face pressing issues on next trip abroad

Junno Arocho Esteves|Aug 30, 2021|5 Min Read

Pope Francis talks with Slovakian President Andrej Kiska during a private meeting Dec. 14, 2018 at the Vatican. (CNS photo/Alessandro Bianchi, pool via Reuters)

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Organizers hope papal trip will strengthen faith in secularized Slovakia

Inés San Martín|Jul 29, 2021|4 Min Read

Pilgrims holding the Slovak flag cheer in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican July 4, 2021, as Pope Francis announces he will visit their country Sept. 12-15. The visit will follow after the pope celebrates the closing Mass at an International Eucharistic Congress in Budapest, Hungary. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Vatican publishes schedule for papal trip to Hungary, Slovakia

Junno Arocho Esteves|Jul 21, 2021|4 Min Read

While the Vatican has not confirmed Pope Francis' plans, the bishops of Scotland say they are delighted to hear the pope wants to attend the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Glasgow in November. (CNS photo/United Nations)

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Scottish bishops welcome idea of pope visiting for climate conference

Cindy Wooden|Jul 12, 2021|2 Min Read

Pope Francis and then-Bishop Lazarus You Heung-sik of Daejeon, South Korea, arrive for a session of the Synod of Bishops on young people, the faith and vocational discernment at the Vatican in this Oct. 16, 2018, file photo. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

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Archbishop: Papal trip to North Korea unlikely, but would promote peace

Cindy Wooden|Jul 8, 2021|3 Min Read

Pilgrims holding the Slovak flag cheer in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican July 4, 2021, as Pope Francis announces he will visit their country Sept. 12-15 after stopping in Budapest, Hungary, to celebrate the closing Mass of the International Eucharistic Congress. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope announces visit to Hungary, Slovakia in September

Catholic News Service|Jul 6, 2021|2 Min Read

Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, one of Shiite Islam's most authoritative figures, meets with Pope Francis March 6, 2021, in Najaf, Iraq. The pope was joined by Father George Ayoub, a translator from the Vatican Secretariat of State, Cardinal Louis Sako, the Chaldean patriarch, and Cardinal Miguel Angel Ayuso, president of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

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'Human fraternity' includes citizenship rights for all, cardinal says

Cindy Wooden|Mar 12, 2021|3 Min Read

Pope Francis releases a white dove near during a memorial prayer for the victims of the war at Hosh al-Bieaa (church square) in Mosul, Iraq, March 7, 2021. The large gold cross at right was made by Iraqi architect Omar Carona. A sculpture of a white dove sits on top of the cross; two hands, representing Mosul's men and women, hold the Christian symbol. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

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ISIS never conquered Rome, but this month a Roman pontiff conquered Iraq

Inés San Martín|Mar 10, 2021|8 Min Read

Pope Francis prays as he leads his general audience in the library of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican March 10, 2021. The pope recalled his recent visit to Iraq and said it was meant to be "a sign of hope" for the people of the country who suffered from war, terrorism and the pandemic. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope Francis: Keep praying for 'our sorely tried brothers and sisters' in Iraq

Catholic News Agency|Mar 10, 2021|4 Min Read

People line the motorcade route for Pope Francis' visit to the community at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Qaraqosh, Iraq, March 7, 2021. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

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Faith amid the ruins: Pope calls Iraqis to affirm kinship under one God

Cindy Wooden|Mar 9, 2021|5 Min Read

Pope Francis is welcomed by the Chaldean patriarch, Cardinal Luis Sako, at the Sayidat al-Nejat (Our Lady of Salvation) Cathedral, in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, March 5, 2021. Pope Francis has arrived in Iraq to urge the country's dwindling number of Christians to stay put and help rebuild the country after years of war and persecution, brushing aside the coronavirus pandemic and security concerns. (Andrew Medichini/AP via Crux)

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Iraqi Catholic leader calls Pope Francis’s trip a ‘miracle’

Inés San Martín|Mar 8, 2021|4 Min Read

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