Full Program of Pope Francis’ Trip to Budapest & Slovakia

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Leo XIV

21 July, 2021

2 min

Full Program of Pope Francis’ Trip to Budapest & Slovakia

Apostolic Visit, September 12 - 15

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APOSTOLIC JOURNEY OF HIS HOLINESS FRANCIS
TO BUDAPEST, ON THE OCCASION OF THE CONCLUDING HOLY MASS
OF THE 52ND INTERNATIONAL EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS,
AND TO SLOVAKIA

12-15 SEPTEMBER 2021

Sunday, 12 September 2021

ROME – BUDAPEST – BRATISLAVA

6:00	Departure by airplane from Rome/Fiumicino International Airport for Budapest
7:45	Arrival at Budapest International Airport
7:45	OFFICIAL WELCOME at Budapest International Airport
8:45	MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC AND THE PRIME MINISTER at the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest
9:15	MEETING WITH THE BISHOPS at the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest
10:00	MEETING WITH THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ECUMENICAL COUNCIL OF CHURCHES AND SOME JEWISH COMMUNITIES IN HUNGARY at the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest
11:30	HOLY MASS at Heroes’ Square in Budapest
14:30	FAREWELL CEREMONY at Budapest International Airport
14:40	Departure by airplane for Bratislava
15:30	Arrival at Bratislava International Airport
15:30	OFFICIAL WELCOME at Bratislava International Airport
16:30	ECUMENICAL MEETING at the Apostolic Nunciature in Bratislava
17:30	PRIVATE MEETING WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY OF JESUS at the Apostolic Nunciature in Bratislava

Monday, 13 September 2021

BRATISLVA

9:15	WELCOME CEREMONY at the Presidential Palace in Bratislava
9:30	COURTESY VISIT TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC in the “Golden Hall” of the Presidential Palace in Bratislava
10:00	MEETING WITH AUTHORITIES, CIVIL SOCIETY AND THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS in the garden of the Presidential Palace in Bratislava
10:45	MEETING WITH BISHOPS, PRIESTS, RELIGIOUS, CONSECRATED PERSONS, SEMINARIANS, CATECHISTS at the Cathedral of Saint Martin in Bratislava
16:00	PRIVATE VISIT TO THE “BETHLEHEM CENTER” in Bratislava
16:45	MEETING WITH THE JEWISH COMMUNITY at Rybné námestie Square in Bratislava
18:00	VISIT OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE PARLIAMENT at the Apostolic Nunciature in Bratislava
18:15	VISIT OF THE PRIME MINISTER at the Apostolic Nunciature in Bratislava

Tuesday, 14 September 2021

BRATISLAVA – KOŠICE – PREŠOV – KOŠICE – BRATISLAVA

8:10	Departure by airplane for Košice
9:00	Arrival at Košice Airport
10:30	BYZANTINE DIVINE LITURGY OF SAINT JOHN CHRYSOSTOM PRESIDED BY THE HOLY FATHER in the square of the Mestská športová hala in Prešov
16:00	MEETING WITH THE ROMA COMMUNITY atLuník IX district in Košice
17:00	MEETING WITH YOUNG PEOPLE at Lokomotiva Stadium in Košice
18:30	Departure by airplane for Bratislava
19:30	Arrival at Bratislava International Airport

Wednesday, 15 September 2021

BRATISLAVA – ŠAŠTIN – BRATISLAVA – ROME

9:10	MOMENT OF PRAYER WITH THE BISHOPS at the National Shrine in Šaštin
10:00	HOLY MASS on the esplanade of the National Shrine in Šaštin
13:30	FAREWELL CEREMONY at Bratislava International Airport
13:45	Departure by airplane for Rome
15:30	Arrival at Rome/Ciampino International Airport

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