ROME (ITALY)
The Washington Post via Daytona Beach News-Journal
By Chico Harlan, The Washington Post
November 30, 2019
Pope Francis, at age 82, has spent nearly a month on the road this year. He has visited 10 countries, and on Saturday, he is scheduled to arrive in Japan, his 11th. The pope has said he doesn’t particularly enjoy traveling, but he is a committed globe-trotter at an age when other popes eased up and stayed mostly inside the Vatican’s walls.
The trips are a testament to Francis’ physical endurance. But they also show the pope’s sense of urgency, nearly seven years into his papacy, at a time when his voice has seemed to lose ground to more nationalist sentiments around the world.
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