The Vatican is studying the possibility of Pope Francis visiting Armenia in late June, the Vatican spokesman said.
Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, the spokesman, confirming Pope Francis’ desire to make the trip, denied that it already was set for June 22-26 as a news website reported.
“It is true that a trip to Armenia in late June is being studied,” he said March 18, but the papal trip planners had not yet visited the country and neither the dates nor the program have been finalized.
St. John Paul II visited Armenia in 2001.