Pope Francis will visit Mexico next year

Pope Francis will visit Mexico in 2016, the Vatican has confirmed.

Father Manuel Dorantes, the media liason for the press office of the Holy See tweeted from his account @TweetingPriest confirmed that @pontifix (the Pope's official twitter account) will be travelling to Mexico next year.

The trip will include a visit to the Our Lady of Guadalupe shrine, but no further details of the trip have been confirmed.

Francis has had a long term interest in visiting Mexico and even considered travelling across the border from the US during his visit in September in a sign of solidarity with immigrants.

The Pope often speaks on immigration and the issues surrounding; at the White House he said, "As the son of an immigrant family, I am happy to be a guest in this country, which was largely built by such families."

Further details, including the date of the trip, are yet to be disclosed.