2014
France (November 25, 2014)
Pope Francis will travel to Strasbourg where he
will address the European Parliament.
Turkey (November 28 to 30, 2014)
Pope Francis has accepted an invitation to visit Turkey at
the behest of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. This invitation also came
from Patriarch Bartholomew I in order to commemorate the feast day of Saint
Andrew.
2015
Sri Lanka and Philippines (January 12 to 19, 2015)
Pope Francis will visit Sri Lanka (12-15) and the Philippines (15-19)
in January.
France (2015)
Pope Francis has scheduled an official papal visit to France
where he shall travel to Paris and to Lourdes.
United States (September 2015)
Pope Francis has announced a possible intention to visit the United
States in Philadelphia on the occasion of the World Meeting of
Families which is slated for 22-27 September. The Vatican has also announced
that the Pope was considering a visit to New York City, the United
Nations and Washington D.C. but no official date has been set
for his visit. The pope himself confirmed that he would visit Philadelphia
and New York City but no date was specified.
2016
Philippines (January 24 to 31, 2016)
Pope Francis will visit the Philippines on January
24 to January 31 on the occasion of the 51st International Eucharistic
Congress.
Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay (July 2016)
Pope Francis will visit his nation and two neighbour
countries during the bicentennial of the 1816 Argentine Declaration of
Independence. The date was also selected to be after the 2015 presidential
elections, to avoid interfering with it.
Poland (July 25 to 31, 2016)
Pope Francis will visit Krakow, Poland on
July 25 to July 31 on the occasion of World Youth Day 2016. This was
announced in 2013 at the end of the previous event.
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