BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) — Pope Francis' visit to Southeast Asia, the longest trip in his papacy, is the latest in decades of regular papal visits to the Asia-Pacific region.
FILE- Pope Paul VI presents the Golden Spur of the Knights of Christ, the highest Vatican decoration that can be conferred upon non-Christians, to Indian President, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan in Bombay, India, Dec. 3, 1964. Pope Paul VI drives through the crowd in his white jeep as he arrives at the Oval Grounds in Bombay, India, Dec. 4, 1964. FILE- Pope John Paul II and Emperor Hirohito of Japan talk during their 40 minute meeting at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, February 24, 1981.
Others by Paul VI, according to the Vatican, included a 1970 trip with stops in Australia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Ceylon — today Sri Lanka — and the Philippines, where a would-be assassin unsuccessfully attempted to stab him at Manila airport. But Pope John Paul II, who followed in 1978, picked up where Paul VI left off and by the time of his death in 2005, was the most traveled pope in history; a title he holds to this day.Pope embarks on longest, farthest and most challenging trip to Asia, with China in the backgroundHe made his first of two visits to the Philippines, one of Asia’s most Catholic countries, in 1981 in a trip that also took him to Pakistan, Guam, Japan and Anchorage, Alaska, according to the Vatican.
John Paul II also visited Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific island nations of Fiji, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
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