--- title: Pope Francis Confirms Visit to Philadelphia in 2015 description: Pontiff confirms rumored trip to city of brotherly love next year canonical: https://time.com/3111280/pope-francis-asia-philadelphia/ author: NBC News article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-08-14T14:49:53.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T09:40:18.113Z article:section: U.S. og:title: Pope Francis Confirms Visit to Philadelphia in 2015 og:description: Pontiff confirms rumored trip to city of brotherly love next year og:url: https://time.com/3111280/pope-francis-asia-philadelphia/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0f27403f88bd53fc/69869f7f810bbb6c98c93029/pope-francis.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Pope Francis Visits South Korea - DAY 1 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Pope Francis Confirms Visit to Philadelphia in 2015 twitter:description: Pontiff confirms rumored trip to city of brotherly love next year twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0f27403f88bd53fc/69869f7f810bbb6c98c93029/pope-francis.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Pope Francis Says 'Si' to Philadelphia Visit in 2015 by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Aug 14, 2014 2:49 PM CUT  Pope Francis attends the meeting with the bishops of Korea at the headquarters of the Korean Episcopal Conference on August 14, 2014 in Seoul, South Korea. Pope Francis attends the meeting with the bishops of Korea at the headquarters of the Korean Episcopal Conference on August 14, 2014 in Seoul, South Korea.Getty Images by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Aug 14, 2014 2:49 PM CUT Pope Francis told NBC News on Thursday he will be paying a visit to the city of brotherly love. NBC’s Anne Thompson spoke to the pope in Italian on Thursday as the pontiff flew to Asia for his first-ever trip. Thompson asked – in Italian – if the pope would travel to Philadelphia at any point. “Si,” replied Francis, going on to mention the city’s World Family Day, due to take place in September 2015. [Read more from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/pope-francis-tells-nbc-news-hell-pay-philadelphia-visit-n180311?cid=par-time-article%5F20140814 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3111280/pope-francis-asia-philadelphia/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3111280/pope-francis-asia-philadelphia/"},"headline":"Pope Francis Says 'Si' to Philadelphia Visit in 2015","datePublished":"2014-08-14T14:49:53.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:40:18.113Z","description":"Pontiff confirms rumored trip to city of brotherly love next year","url":"https://time.com/3111280/pope-francis-asia-philadelphia/","keywords":["Religion","faith"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0f27403f88bd53fc/69869f7f810bbb6c98c93029/pope-francis.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0f27403f88bd53fc/69869f7f810bbb6c98c93029/pope-francis.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Pope Francis Visits South Korea - DAY 1","caption":"Pope Francis Visits South Korea - DAY 1","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3111280/pope-francis-asia-philadelphia/","name":"Pope Francis Says 'Si' to Philadelphia Visit in 2015"}}]}] ```