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Pope Francis will visit Asia for the first time since 2017.
File Photo by Stefano Spaziani/UPI | License PhotoSept. 13 (UPI) -- Pope Francis will visit Thailand and Japan in November, the Vatican announced Friday, marking his first visit to Asia since 2017.
In his first visit to Thailand, Francis will celebrate the 350th anniversary of the foundation of the mission in Siam in 1669, America Magazine reported.
In Japan, Francis is expected to bring a message of nuclear disarmament.
Pope Francis has condemned nuclear arms, and said in 2017 "the very possession" of weapons of mass destruction is morally wrong, an unprecedented statement for the pope.