Vatican City, 30 June 2015 (VIS) –
Today the programme was published for Pope Francis' apostolic trip to
Cuba and the U.S.A. and his visit to the United Nations on the
occasion of his participation in the Eighth World Meeting of Families
in Philadelphia, from 19 to 28 September.
The Pope will depart from Rome's
Fiumicino airport at 10 a.m. on Saturday 19 September and is expected
to arrive at 4.05 p.m. in Havana, Cuba, where the welcome ceremony
will take place. On Sunday 20 September he will celebrate Holy Mass
in Plaza de la Revolucion in Havana and will pay a courtesy visit to
the president of the Council of State and of the Council of Ministers
of the Republic in the Palace of the Revolution. Later he will
celebrate Vespers in the Cathedral with priests, men and women
religious, and seminarians, and will subsequently greet the young in
the Fr. Felix Varela Cultural Centre.
On Monday 21 September, in the morning,
he will transfer to Holguin where he will celebrate Holy Mass in
Plaza de la Revolucion and will bless the city from the Loma de la
Cruz. He will then depart by air for Santiago, where he will meet
with the bishops in St. Basil's Major Seminary. The day will conclude
with the prayer to Our Lady of Charity with the bishops and the papal
entourage in the minor Basilica of the Shrine of Our Lady of Charity
of Cobre, Santiago.
Tuesday 22 September will begin with
the celebration of Holy Mass in the minor Basilica of the Shrine of
Our Lady of Charity of Cobre, Santiago. The Pope will then meet
families in the Cathedral of Our Lady of Asuncion in Santiago and,
after blessing the city, will depart by air for Washington D.C.,
U.S.A., where he will be received at the Andrews Air Force Base.
On Wednesday 23 September, there will
be a welcome ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House, where the
Pope will pronounce a discourse and pay a courtesy visit to the
president of the United States. At 11 a.m., the Pope will meet with
the bishops of the United States in St. Matthew's Cathedral. In the
afternoon he will celebrate Mass for the canonisation of Blessed Fr.
Junipero Serra.
On Thursday 24 September Pope Francis
will visit and address the United States Congress. He will
subsequently visit the charity centre of the St. Patrick's parish
where he will meet a group of homeless people. In the afternoon he
will transfer by air to New York, where at 6.45 p.m. he will
celebrate Vespers with priests and men and women religious in St.
Patrick's Cathedral.
Friday 25 September will begin with an
address by the Holy Father at the seat of the United Nations in New
York and, at 11.30 a.m., he will participate in an interreligious
meeting at the Ground Zero Memorial site. He will then visit the “Our
Lady, Queen of Angels” school and meet with families of immigrants
in Harlem. The day will conclude with Holy Mass in Madison Square
Garden.
On Saturday 26 September, the Pope will
travel by air to Philadelphia, where at 10.30 a.m. he will celebrate
Holy Mass with the bishops, clergy and men and women religious in the
Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul in Philadelphia. In the afternoon he
will participate in a meeting for religious freedom with the Hispanic
community and other immigrants in the Independence Mall,
Philadelphia.
Sunday 27 September will begin with a
meeting with the bishops invited to the World Meeting of Families in
the St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, after which the Pope will visit
the detainees in the Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility,
Philadelphia. He will go on to celebrate the concluding Holy Mass of
the Eighth World Meeting of Families at the B. Franklin Parkway in
Philadelphia. In the late afternoon, before the farewell ceremony, he
will greet the organising committee, the volunteers and benefactors
at the international airport of Philadelphia, from where he will
depart on his return flight to Rome. The aircraft carrying the Holy
Father is scheduled to land on Monday 28 September at 10 a.m.
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