Pope Francis adds overnight visit to France to busy travel schedule

Francis heads to Lisbon, Portugal, on August 2 for a five-day trip centered around a Catholic youth jamboree

Pope Francis will visit Marseille for two days in September (Andrew Medichini/AP)

Pope Francis will make a two-day trip to Marseille, France, in late September, adding to a flurry of trips the 86-year-old pontiff will soon be making only weeks after leaving hospital following abdominal surgery.

Earlier this year, Pope Francis had said that he would go to the port city to participate in a meeting of Mediterranean-area Catholic bishops, but until the Vatican released his schedule, it wasn’t clear how long he would stay.