Pope Francis sits at his place in the plane about to take off for a one-week trip to Thailand and Japan, on November 19, 2019 at Rome's Fiumicino airport. - The Argentine pontiff, 82, flies to Asia on November 19, where he will first visit Thailand and then Japan, including the two cities destroyed by devastating US nuclear attacks during the Second World War. (Photo by Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP)