Vatican
City, 2 July 2013 (VIS) – The programme of Pope Francis' trip to
Lampedusa on Monday 8 July was announced today.
The
Holy Father will depart from Rome's Ciampino military airport at 8.00
a.m., landing at Lampedusa airport at 9.15 a.m., where he will be
welcomed by Archbishop Francesco Montenegro of Agrigento and
Giuseppina Nicolini, mayor of Lampedusa. The Holy Father will then go
on by car to Cala Pisana, where he will board a boat in order to
reach Lampedusa by sea. He will be accompanied by fishermen in their
boats, and will commit a wreath to the sea in memory of those who
lost their lives in the shipwreck. He will arrive at the port of
Punta Favarolo at 9.30 a.m., where he will greet the groups of
immigrants awaiting him at the dock.
He
will then go on to the “Arena” sports camp in the Salina quarter,
where he will celebrate Mass at 10.00 a.m. At 11.30 a.m., following
the celebration of the Eucharist, the Pope will continue by car to
the parish of San Gerlando, where he will make a brief stop. He will
leave the parish at 12.30 p.m. and will be transported to Lampedusa
airport by car. At 12.45 p.m. the papal aeroplane will depart from
Rome, where it is expected to land at Ciampino airport at 1.45 p.m. The
Holy Father will return immediately to Vatican City.
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