Pope Francis to visit Kazakhstan for interfaith conference
Al JazeeraAfter the pontiff said he will ease his travel, the Vatican confirms an upcoming Central Asia visit where he may meet with the Russian Orthodox Church’s leader. Pope Francis will visit Kazakhstan as planned in September to attend an interfaith conference in the Kazakh capital Nur-Sultan, the Vatican confirmed on Monday. “Accepting the invitation of the civil and ecclesial authorities, Pope Francis will make the announced Apostolic Journey to Kazakhstan from September 13 to 15,” Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni wrote in a statement. Pope Francis could meet with the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, as he has said he would attend. Pope Francis returned Saturday from a six-day visit to Canada, where he called the treatment of Indigenous people in Canadian residential schools “genocide”.
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