Pope Francis Leaves for Asia To Spread Messages of Peace

Pope Francis is starting a 12-day tour of four countries in the Asia-Pacific, the longest and farthest trip of the 87-year-old pontiff's career.

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00:00Pope Francis is starting the longest and farthest trip of his career touring four countries in Asia over 12 days

00:07Ahead of his departure the Pope asked the faithful to pray

00:12Domani in each in on viaggio

00:15Apostolico in alcuni paese di asia per favore pregate per il frutto di questo viaggio

00:23The Vatican is hoping to spread messages of peace and unity

00:27Pope Francis will begin his trip in Indonesia where he's expected to hold a mass for about

00:3360,000 people at a Jakarta Stadium

00:35The Pope is set to appear at over 40 events on this trip, which will also take him to Papua New Guinea East Timor and Singapore