Pope Francis will travel a total of 32,000km in his Asia Pacific trip.
Pope Francis greets people in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Dili, Timor-Leste, Sep 10, 2024. elected in 2013 and is the spiritual leader of 1.3 billion Roman Catholics worldwide.
According to the Vatican, he will hold a private meeting with the members of the Society of Jesus at the St Francis Xavier Retreat Centre. Pope Francis will make a tour around the stadium pitch to greet people on his Popemobile at about 4.30pm before mass starts. Cardinal William Goh, the Archbishop of Singapore, will also join his delegation once he arrives in the country.
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