List of pastoral visits of Pope Francis


During his reign, Pope Francis made 34 pastoral visits within Italy and 47 foreign trips, visiting 66 countries in the process. His visit to the Philippines in January 2015 included the largest papal event in history with around 6–7 million attendees in his final Mass at Manila, surpassing the then-largest papal event at World Youth Day 1995 in the same venue twenty years earlier.

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In the course of his visit to Ecuador, Pope Francis met President Rafael Correa, visited with priests and seminarians, paid a private visit to a Jesuit priest friend, visited a home for the elderly in Quito and a shrine in the town of El Quinche. His last Mass in Ecuador drew about 1.5 million people.
Arriving in Bolivia on 8 July, Pope Francis was received by President Evo Morales at El Alto International Airport near La Paz. Francis spoke, in part: "Bolivia is making important steps towards including broad sectors in the country's economic, social and political life." Later, during their meeting, Morales awarded Pope Francis with the highest Bolivian decoration, the Grand Cross of the Order of the Condor of the Andes and State decoration of Luís Espinal Camps, named after a Jesuit priest and activist known for his commitment to the disadvantaged people of the country, who was murdered by paramilitary forces in March 1980. He also presented the pope with a crucifix in form of a hammer and sickle, which form the symbol of the Communist Party, which he explained had been a form created by Espinal; the gift immediately proved controversial. The Pope also prayed in the place near La Paz where the body of this murdered Jesuit priest was found, and he highlighted his preaching of the Gospel. Pope Francis visited also the Cathedral of La Paz, and after leaving, he traveled to Santa Cruz de la Sierra in the eastern part of Bolivia. On 9 July Pope Francis celebrated Mass in Santa Cruz de la Sierra connected with the opening of the Fifth National Eucharistic Congress. He also attended the World Meeting of Popular Movements, in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, where he addressed Bolivia's poor and indigenous communities, and apologized to the country's indigenous people for the "grave sins" the church committed towards them during Spanish colonial rule. This event brought together delegates from popular movements from around the world; Morales also attended. Francis expressed in his speech on this event his solidarity with gathered popular movements and their efforts. and
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Visits within Italy

2013

Lampedusa: 8 JulyCagliari: 22 SeptemberAssisi: 4 October

2014

Cassano all'Jonio: 21 JuneCampobasso and Isernia: 5 JulyCaserta: 26 JulyRedipuglia War Memorial: 13 September

2015

Pompeii and Naples: 21 MarchTurin: 21 and 22 JunePrato and Florence: 10 November

2016

Assisi: 4 AugustAssisi: 20 September

2017

Milan: 25 MarchCarpi and Mirandola: 2 AprilGenoa: 27 MayBozzolo and Barbiana: 20 JuneCesena and Bologna: 1 OctoberNettuno: 2 November

2018

Pietrelcina and San Giovanni Rotondo: 17 MarchAlessano and Molfetta: 20 AprilNomadelfia and Loppiano: 10 MayBari: 7 JulyPiazza Armerina and Palermo: 15 September

2019

Loreto: 25 March– signed the post-Synodal apostolic exhortation Christus vivit.Camerino: 16 June– presided the Sunday Mass at the cathedral in Camerino, which was significantly damaged by an earthquake in 2016, and wore a firefighter safety helmet.Naples: 21 June– promoted inter-faith Catholic dialogue with Jews and Muslims.Albano Laziale: 21 September – held a Mass at the Cathedral of St. Pancras which referenced Zacchaeus, the tax collector of Jericho who is mentioned in the Gospel of Luke, as an example of why no one is lost in the eyes of the church.Greccio: 1 December

2020

Bari: 23 February

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L'Aquila: 28 August

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Venice: 28 April: Pope Francis attended the Venice Biennale, this was the first papal visit to the international exhibition.Verona: 18 May.Fasano: 14 June: The Pope participated in the 50th G7 summit in which he joined a session devoted to artificial intelligence and held bilateral talks with several world leaders. This was the first time a Pope participated in a G7 summit.Trieste: 7 July