The Holy Father’s trip to Far East reflected both his mission and reluctance to slow down
When 87-year-old Pope Francis boarded ITA Airways flight AZ4001 – that, by the way, is always the designation for a pope’s outbound flight – to travel to Asia and Oceania on 2 September, he became the oldest pontiff ever to venture outside Rome, affording him yet another chance to demonstrate that rumours of his impending demise The post The Holy Father’s trip to Far East reflected both his mission and reluctance to slow down appeared first on Catholic Herald.
When 87-year-old Pope Francis boarded ITA Airways flight AZ4001 – that, by the way, is always the designation for a pope’s outbound flight – to travel to Asia and Oceania on 2 September, he became the oldest pontiff ever to venture outside Rome, affording him yet another chance to demonstrate that rumours of his impending demise
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