Statement by the Director of the Holy See Press Office, Matteo Bruni.

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Accepting the invitation of the civil and ecclesial Authorities, His Holiness Pope Francis will make an Apostolic Journey to Hungary from 28 to 30 April 2023, visiting the city of Budapest.

APOSTOLIC JOURNEY OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS
to HUNGARY
28 – 30 APRIL 2023

Friday, 28 April 2023
ROME – BUDAPEST
08:10 Departure by airplane from Rome/Fiumicino International Airport to Budapest

10:00 Arrival at Budapest International Airport

10:00 OFFICIAL WELCOME

11:00 WELCOME CEREMONY in the square of “Sándor” Palace

11:30 COURTESY VISIT TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC in “Sándor” Palace

11:55 MEETING WITH THE PRIME MINISTER

12:20 MEETING WITH THE AUTHORITIES, CIVIL SOCIETY AND THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS in the former Carmelite Monastery

Address of the Holy Father

17:00 MEETING WITH BISHOPS, PRIESTS, DEACONS, CONSECRATED PERSONS, SEMINARIANS AND PASTORAL WORKERS in St. Stephen’s Co-Cathedral

Address of the Holy Father

Saturday, 29 April 2023
BUDAPEST

08:45 PRIVATE VISIT TO THE CHILDREN OF THE “BLESSED LÁSZLÓ BATTHYÁNY-STRATTMANN” INSTITUTE

10:15 MEETING WITH POOR PEOPLE AND REFUGEES in St. Elizabeth of Hungary Church

Address of the Holy Father

16:30 MEETING WITH YOUNG PEOPLE in “Papp László Budapest Sportaréna”

Address of the Holy Father

18:00 PRIVATE MEETING WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY OF JESUS in the Apostolic Nunciature

Sunday, 30 April 2023
BUDAPEST – ROME

09:30 HOLY MASS in Kossuth Lajos’ Square

Homily of the Holy Father
Regina Caeli

16:00 MEETING WITH THE ACADEMIC AND CULTURAL WORLD at the Faculty of Information Technology and Bionics of the Catholic University “Péter Pázmány”

Address of the Holy Father

17:30 FAREWELL CEREMONY at Budapest International Airport

18:00 Departure by airplane from Budapest International Airport to Rome

19:55 Arrival at Rome/Fiumicino International Airport

Accredited journalists are advised that registration is now open for applications for admission to the Papal Flight for the announced Apostolic Journey of His Holiness Francis to Hungary, which will take place from 28 to 30 April 2023, with the following itinerary

Friday 28 April 2023
Rome/Fiumicino – Budapest (990km, 1h 50′, ITA Airways)

Sunday 30 April 2023
Budapest – Rome/Fiumicino (978km, 1h 55′, ITA Airways)

Time zone

Rome: +2h UTC

Budapest: +2h UTC

The indicative programme of the Apostolic Journey of His Holiness Francis to Hungary is published in Bulletin No. 169 of Monday, 27 February 2023.

The request for admission to the Papal Flight can only be made through the Online Accreditation System of the Holy See Press Office at the internet page press.vatican.va/accreditations, by registering as a user of the system or logging in with one’s credentials and selecting the corresponding event from the Event Calendar.

The deadline for submitting the request for admission to the Papal Flight is Friday, 3 March 2023, at 12:00 noon.