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The official confirmation of the trip was keenly awaited in
the United States after months of speculation.
Francis told an inter-religious conference on marriage he would
go to Philadelphia in September for the Roman Catholic Church's
World Meeting of Families, an international gathering.
The trip is also expected to include stops at the White House
and Congress in Washington DC and the United Nations in New
York, but the pope did not mention those places in his address.
Catholic officials in Philadelphia have said a papal mass in the
city would draw up to a million people.
The pope is due to visit Turkey and European institutions in
Strasbourg, France in two separate trips later this month.
In January, he travels to the Philippines and Sri Lanka, making
his second trip to Asia.
(Reporting By Philip Pullella; Editing by Andrew Heavens)
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