Vatican confirms: Pope to visit Cuba in September
Pope Francis is planning to visit Cuba in September as part of a trip that will also take him to the United States, the Vatican announced Friday.
"The Holy Father has taken into consideration the idea of carrying out a leg to Cuba on the occasion of his upcoming visit to the United States" between September 22 and 27, Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi said in a statement.
The 78-year-old leader of the world's Roman Catholics confirmed late last year that he would visit the United States to take part in a Catholic Church congress in Philadelphia.
