Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "The list of pastoral visits of Pope Paul VI outside Italy details the travels of the first pope to leave Italy since 1809, and the first to visit the Western Hemisphere, Africa, and Asia during his reign. He visited six continents, and was the most travelled pope in history to that time, earning the nickname \"the Pilgrim Pope\". With his travels he opened new avenues for the papacy, which were continued by his successors Pope Saint John Paul II, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI and Pope Francis. He traveled to the Holy Land in 1964 where he met with Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras I in Jerusalem which led to rescinding the excommunications of the Great Schism, which took place in 1054. The Pope also traveled to the Eucharistic Congresses in Bombay, India and Bogotá, Colombia. During the first papal visit to the United States in October 1965, Paul VI met with President Lyndon B. Johnson and addressed the United Nations. Fifty years after the first apparition of Our Lady of Fátima, he visited the shrine in Fátima, Portugal in 1967. He undertook a pastoral visit to Africa in 1969. After a 1970 trip to several Asian and Pacific nations, he made no additional international trips. He died August 6, 1978."@en }
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- List_of_pastoral_visits_of_Pope_Paul_VI_outside_Italy abstract "The list of pastoral visits of Pope Paul VI outside Italy details the travels of the first pope to leave Italy since 1809, and the first to visit the Western Hemisphere, Africa, and Asia during his reign. He visited six continents, and was the most travelled pope in history to that time, earning the nickname \"the Pilgrim Pope\". With his travels he opened new avenues for the papacy, which were continued by his successors Pope Saint John Paul II, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI and Pope Francis. He traveled to the Holy Land in 1964 where he met with Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras I in Jerusalem which led to rescinding the excommunications of the Great Schism, which took place in 1054. The Pope also traveled to the Eucharistic Congresses in Bombay, India and Bogotá, Colombia. During the first papal visit to the United States in October 1965, Paul VI met with President Lyndon B. Johnson and addressed the United Nations. Fifty years after the first apparition of Our Lady of Fátima, he visited the shrine in Fátima, Portugal in 1967. He undertook a pastoral visit to Africa in 1969. After a 1970 trip to several Asian and Pacific nations, he made no additional international trips. He died August 6, 1978.".