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Pope Francis on Monday embarks on the longest foreign trip of his tenure so far, due to take in four countries in South East Asia and Oceania over the next 12 days. Departing by plane from Rome, the 87-year-old head of the Catholic Church will first visit Indonesia, the most populous Muslim country in the world with more than 240 million Muslims. Further stops will be Papua New Guinea, East Timor and Singapore. The Pope’s 45th trip abroad will focus in particular on peaceful coexistence between the different religions. Only in East Timor, the third stop, is the majority of the population Catho…

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