Pope to visit Uganda November 2015

Pope Francis waves to reporters at Rome's Fiumicino International airport, Sunday, July 5, 2015 - AP

 

Pope Francis will visit Kenya, Uganda, and the Central African Republic in November of 2015. Official word of the planned Apostolic voyage came through a two-sentence statement from the Press Office of the Holy See on Thursday. Details of the Holy Father's three-nation African tour will be released in the coming weeks.

Accepting the invitation issued by the respective Heads of State and the Bishops, His Holiness Francis will make an Apostolic Trip to Kenya from 25 to 27 November 2015, Uganda from 27 to 29 November, and the Central African Republic from 29 to 30 November. The programme of the trip will  be published in due course.