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VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis embarks Monday on a 12-day trip to Southeast Asia , the longest and farthest of his papacy that will challenge the 87-year-old's increasingly fragile health.The pontiff will fly overnight and arrive on Tuesday in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, before heading to Papua New Guinea, East Timor and Singapore.The distance covered -- some 32,000 kilometers -- and time difference of up to eight hours would be enough to make a testing trip.
Religious dialogue Francis will take most of the first day in Jakarta to recover from the flight, and the next day hold talks with outgoing President Joko Widodo, young people, diplomats and local clergy.On September 5, he will meet representatives of all Indonesia's main religions at Istiqlal Mosque, the largest in Southeast Asia, and sign a joint declaration with the grand imam, Nasaruddin Umar.
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