Darwin has been singled out as the most likely destination for a papal visit, which would be the first by a Catholic pope to Australia in 16 years.
The nation’s most senior Catholic leaders are pushing for Pope Francis to visit Australia in September, as the pontiff prepares to undertake a gruelling tour of South-East Asia and the Pacific.
Darwin has been singled out as the most likely location for an Australian visit because of its proximity to Pope Francis’s scheduled stops in the Pacific and South-East Asia. The possibility of the Pope delivering mass at an airport hangar in Darwin, where his plane could also be refuelled, has been discussed.
Australian Catholic Bishops Conference general secretary Chris de Souza said: “We would very much welcome a visit by the Holy Father to Australia at any time, but it is not the job of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference to lobby for a visit by a head of state.
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol was also left off the guest list, while Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Argentinian President Javier Milei received invitations.
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