Pope Francis' tour of Asia and Oceania ended this Friday. It gave him fresh opportunities to continue his call for the freedom to have children.
Answering wide-ranging questions from reporters, the Holy Father was clear on abortion, but also on migration, as well as a host of other issues.
The Pope met groups of elderly and young people and then took his flight from Singapore back to Rome. This concludes his 12-day trip across Asia and Oceania.
“Singapore has not only prospered economically" but created a society where "social justice and the common good are held in high regard,” the Pope said.
In a majority Catholic country threatened by "ideological colonization," Francis encouraged its many young people to choose “good, respect, and love.”
Albert Boudaud turned 84 in August, and he’s Papua New Guinea's oldest missionary. Meet this priest who arrived in what is now his adopted country in 1968.
Pope Francis landed in Singapore for the last leg of his journey across Asia and Oceania, after spending three days in East Timor.
In East Timor, where the vast majority of the population is Catholic, the Pontiff's visit was such an event that the government pulled out all the stops.
Pope Francis celebrated Mass for some 600,000 people in a historically significant place in East Timor, where John Paul II also celebrated Mass in 1989.
After three days in Papua New Guinea, Pope Francis has now landed in East Timor until September 11 for the third leg of his trip across Asia and Oceania.
After 3 days in Indonesia, Pope Francis lands on September 6 in Papua New Guinea for the second leg of his 12-day trip across Asia and Oceania.
Pope Francis delivered his first speeches of his 12-day trip to Asia and Oceania and met with several groups on September 4 in Jakarta, Indonesia.
From September 2 to 13, Pope Francis will visit Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, East Timor, and Singapore. It's a truly extraordinary trip, and one that we'll be delighted to share with you from the inside.
Bl. Peter To Rot was killed for standing up for the Church's teaching on marriage between one man and one woman. Pope Francis approved his canonization.
