Pope Francis departs Indonesia for Papua New Guinea, stop two of 12-day trip

ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Pope Francis left Indonesia on Friday morning for Papua New Guinea, where the 87-year-old leader of the global Catholic Church will continue an ambitious 12-day tour across Southeast Asia and Oceania.

The Garuda Indonesia plane carrying the pope and his entourage left Jakarta's airport for the flight to Port Moresby, the Papua New Guinean capital, where he will stay for the next three nights.

While in PNG Francis will make a day trip to the northwestern town of Vanimo, before departing the country on Monday. He is then scheduled to visit East Timor and Singapore before returning to Rome on Sept. 13.

In Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim-ma...
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