VATICAN CITY, JUN 18, 2002 (VIS) - At midday today the program of the Pope's forthcoming apostolic trip to Toronto, Guatemala City and Mexico City was made public. The visit will take place from July 23 to August 2, 2002, and is his 97th such journey outside Italy since the beginning of his pontificate.
The Holy Father will depart from Rome's Fiumicino airport on July 23 at 9:40 a.m. and is due to arrive in Toronto at 1 p.m. local time. After the welcome ceremony, he will travel to "Strawberry Island" in Lake Simcoe. No activities are scheduled for July 24 or the morning of July 25. In the afternoon of July 25 he will attend a welcome party with young people in Toronto's Exhibition Place.
No activities are scheduled for Friday July 26. On Saturday July 27 he is scheduled to meet, among others, the Canadian prime minister. At 1 p.m. he will pray the angelus with the Community of the Sisters of St. Joseph in the chapel of their motherhouse, and at 7:30 p.m. he will participate in a vigil with young people at Downsview Park.
On Sunday July 28, the Pope will celebrate Mass and pray the angelus in Downsview Park to mark the celebration of 27th World Youth Day.
On Monday July 29 he will celebrate Mass in private and after a farewell ceremony in Lester B. Pearson International Airport in Toronto he will depart for Guatemala City, where he is scheduled to arrive at 3 p.m.
The Holy Father will celebrate Mass on Tuesday July 30 at 9 a.m. and will canonize Blessed Brother Peter of San Jose of Betancur in the hippodrome of Guatemala City. That same afternoon, he will depart for Mexico City where he will arrive three hours later.
On Wednesday July 31 he will celebrate Mass at 10 a.m. and canonize Blessed Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin in the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe. In the afternoon, he will rest.
The Pope will celebrate Mass in private on August 1 in the chapel of the apostolic nunciature in Mexico City and later will go to the Basilica of Guadalupe to celebrate a liturgy of the Word at 10:15 a.m. and to beatify the martyrs Juan Bautista and Jacinto de los Angeles. At 1 p.m. a farewell ceremony will take place. The papal plane will depart at 1:30 p.m. and will land at 9 a.m. on August 2 in Ciampino Airport in Rome.
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