VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis will travel to Myanmar and Bangladesh later this year for a landmark visit set to focus international attention on the plight of the stateless Rohingya Muslim minority.

The leader of the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics will be in Myanmar November 27-30 and neighboring Bangladesh November 30-December 2, the Vatican announced on Monday.

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