Sept. 30, 2016 headlines
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For those who follow Vatican news, the pope set out today on a 3-day visit to Georgia and Azerbaijan, former Soviet Republics.
It is his 16th foreign trip as Pope -1 in 2013, to Brazil, 5 each in 2014 and 2015, and 5 so far in 2016 - but he will be making
that trip to Lund, Sweden on Oct. 30 to concelebrate Martin Luther's schism - Luther must have turned somersaults of triumph in
his grave when this trip was first announced. JMB has now outpaced John Paul II in his travels, having gone abroad 16 times
now in the first 3 years and six months of his papacy. JPII made his 16th trip abroad four years after he became pope (it was
necessarily cut down in 1981, when he made just one trip - but to 5 countries) before the assassination attempt on him. However,
he usually travelled to many countries during each trip, and by his 16th trip abroad, he had visited 33 countries, compared to Bergoglio's 25 countries in 16 trips.