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Francis accepted Modi's invitation to visit India for the first time in more than 20 years

"Lianhe Zaobao" reported on October 30 that Indian Prime Minister Modi went to the Vatican on the 30th to meet with Pope Francis of Rome and also invited him to visit India, and Francis has accepted Modi's invitation.

Francis reportedly planned a visit to India as early as 2017, but did not make the trip after failing negotiations. The last Pope to set foot in India was John Paul II, who visited New Delhi in 1999 at the invitation of the Indian government and issued a papal edict on the Church of Asia in New Delhi.

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