Aides say Francis will seek to encourage reconciliation, dialogue and further efforts to alleviate the crisis following last week&China Compression Mould39;s tentative agreement between the two countries to work towards a return of some of the Rohingya to Myanmar."I ask you to be with me in prayer so that, for these peoples, my presence is a sign of affinity and hope," Francis told 30,000 believers in St Peter's Square, shortly before packing his bags for the diplomatically fraught trip.

He will touch down around 0700 GMT Monday hoping to encourage efforts to contain a crisis that has seen many of the Rohingya, a Muslim ethnic minority in the mostly Buddhist Myanmar, forced from their homes and left languishing in squalid refugee camps over the border in Bangladesh.Some 620,000 Rohingya, more than half their total number, have fled from Myanmar's Rakhine state to Bangladesh since August as a result of violence that the UN and the United States have described as ethnic cleansing.

Pope Francis set off on his 21st and possibly most delicate overseas trip yet, a six-day visit to Myanmar and Bangladesh against the backdrop of the unfolding # Rohingya refugee crisis.The 80-year-old pontiff's plane left Rome en route for Yangon, Myanmar's main city, shortly after 2100 GMT.

twitter.However, his confession led to a lot of people feeling at ease about their own sleep issues:Me too! I don&China GMT Mould Manufacturers39;t feel so bad now.The pontiff values his sleep and is tucked up in bed each night by 9pm (2000 GMT) -- though he rises with the lark at 4am (0300 GMT)."Saint Therese did it too," he said in reference to a 19th-century French nun, adding that Christians were called to feel like children lying in their fathers' arms -- a place conducive to napping, he implies.

Pope Francis has confessed he sometimes nods off while praying and claims saints too have been known to grab some Holy shut-eye.

"When I pray, sometimes I fall asleep," he said in an episode of a Catholic TV2000 television programme published Tuesday on Youtube.The 80-year-old Argentine head of the Roman Catholic Church radiates energy and enthusiasm when he meets people, but his expression turns very grave when he prays, often bowing his head and closing his eyes for long periods. Related StoriesPope Francis admits he falls asleep while prayingPope Francis rings up astronauts in the space stationBishops ‘nervous’ Pope will mention Rohingya.His fast-paced schedule is only possible because he gets his head down for a snooze after lunch, Vatican sources say