Pope Francis' trips

Pope Francis traveled to Brazil July 22-28, 2013, to mark the Catholic Church's World Youth Day.

Pope Francis visited the Holy Land on May 24-26, 2014.

Pope Francis traveled to Korea Aug. 13-18, 2014, for the sixth Asian Youth Day.

Pope Francis traveled to Turkey on Nov. 28-30, 2014. 

Pope Francis traveled to the Philippines Jan. 15-19, 2015.

Pope Francis visited Sri Lanka Jan. 12-15, 2015.

Pope Francis' July 5-12, 2015, visit to Latin America took him to Ecuador, Bolivia and Paraguay.

Pope Francis traveled to the United States Sept. 22-28, 2015, taking part in the World Meeting of Families and giving speeches before the U.S. Congress and at the United Nations headquarters.

Pope Francis traveled to Cuba Sept. 19-22, 2015. 

Pope Francis traveled Nov. 25-30, 2015, to Kenya, Uganda and the Central African Republic.

Pope Francis visited Mexico Feb. 12-18, 2016.

Pope Francis visited Armenia June 24-26, 2016.

Pope Francis traveled to Poland for the 14th global World Youth Day on July 27-31, 2016.

Pope Francis traveled Sept. 30-Oct. 2, 2016, to the Caucasus countries of Georgia and Azerbaijan.

Pope Francis traveled to Sweden Oct. 31-Nov. 1, 2016, to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the Lutheran-Catholic Reformation. 

Pope Francis traveled to Colombia Sept. 6-11, 2017.

Pope Francis visited Myanmar Nov. 27-30, 2017, followed by Bangladesh on Nov. 30-Dec. 2, 2017.

Pope Francis visited Chile and Peru Jan. 15-21, 2018. 

Pope Francis visited Dublin Aug. 25-28, 2018, for the World Meeting of Families.

Pope Francis traveled to the Baltic countries of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia Sept. 22-25, 2018.

Pope Francis visited Panama for the 34th World Youth Day on Jan. 23-28, 2019.

Pope Francis visited United Arab Emirates Feb. 3-5, 2019.

Pope Francis traveled March 30-31, 2019, to Morocco.

Pope Francis visited Bulgaria and North Macedonia May 5-7, 2019.

Pope Francis traveled to Romania May 31-June 2, 2019.

Pope Francis traveled Sept. 4-10, 2019, to Mozambique, Madagascar and Mauritius.

Pope Francis took a Nov. 19-26, 2019, trip to Thailand and then to Japan.

Pope Francis will visit Iraq on March 5-8, 2021.

Pope Francis traveled to Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina on June 6, 2015.

Pope Francis visited Egypt April 28-29, 2017.

Pope Francis traveled to Hungary and Slovakia Sept. 12-15, 2021, with a jam-packed schedule including a closing Mass of the International Eucharistic Congress in Budapest.

Pope Francis visited Cyprus and Greece Dec. 2-6, 2021, marking Francis' third international journey since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Pope Francis traveled to Malta for a April 2-3, 2022, visit, marking yet another trip where migration was set to be a major issue.

Pope Francis is set visit to Canada from July 24-30, where he is expected to issue an apology on Canadian soil for the Catholic Church's involvement in the country's abuse-ridden residential schools, fulfilling a long sought after request by the country's Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

Pope Francis became the second pontiff to visit Kazakhstan Sept. 13-15, 2022, and the conflict between Ukraine and Russia loomed large over Francis' visit to the country, which sits in Central Asia about 1,500 miles east of Ukraine and about 1,000 miles north of Afghanistan.

Pope Francis visited the Kingdom of Bahrain from Nov. 3-6, 2022, to participate in the "Bahrain Forum for Dialogue: East and West for Human Coexistence."

Pope Francis visited the Democratic Republic of Congo Jan. 31, 2023, followed by South Sudan from Feb. 3 to 5, 2023, where he was joined by the archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, and the moderator of the Church of Scotland, Iain Greenshields. The historic ecumenical trip marked the pope’s third visit to sub-Saharan Africa. 

Pope Francis visited Hungary April 28-30, 2023, focusing on migration to Europe and Russia’s war in Ukraine. The trip to Budapest represents a proper state visit after Francis made a brief, hours-long stopover in 2021 to close out a church conference. 

Pope Francis traveled to the periphery of Roman Catholicism Sept. 1-4, 2023, becoming the first pontiff to visit Mongolia, a Central Asian nation squeezed between Russia and China with just 1,500 Catholics.

Pope Francis made a two-day trip to Marseille, France, Sept. 22-23, 2023, adding to a flurry of trips the 86-year-old pontiff made only weeks after leaving hospital following abdominal surgery.

The nearly two-week Sept. 2-13 trip will take Pope Francis to Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, East Timor and Singapore. It will mark his sixth visit to Asia, allowing him to make good on a promised visit that was tentatively scheduled for 2020 but delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Pope Francis on Sept. 26-29, 2024, visited Luxembourg and Belgium, his 46th international trip as pope.