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Pope Francis visited North America—Cuba and the United States—from 19 to 27 September 2015. [1] [2] It was his first state visit to both Cuba and the U.S., [3] as well as the third official papal visit to Cuba and the seventh to the United States since the U.S. established full diplomatic relations with the Holy See in 1984.
Pope Francis dove into some of the United States' thorniest political debates during his historic visit by urging the world's wealthiest nation to welcome immigrants, to end homelessness and do ...
During Biden's tenure as Vice President of the United States, he met Pope Francis on three occasions. Biden led the U.S. delegation at the papal inauguration of Pope Francis in March 2013; he accompanied the pope during the pontiff's visit to the United States in September 2015; and met him at a Vatican conference on cancer research in April 2016.
Pope Francis' visit to the U.S. begins in Washington, D.C., moves to New York City and wraps up in Philadelphia -- and his East Coast tour is expected to bring in major cash for local economies.
Pastoral visits of Pope Francis. This is a list of pastoral visits of Pope Francis.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.
The pope has captured global attention for his disarming ability to speak his mind and take on injustice. ... 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Mail. Sign in. Subscriptions; Animals. Business ...
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Pope Francis' visit to the United States. Pope Francis arrives in the U.S. from his last stop in Cuba, Santiago de Cuba, at Joint Base Andrews (formerly, Andrews Air Force Base), near Washington D.C., to start his first tour of the United States. He is received by U.S. President Barack Obama, his wife, U.S.