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.