WYD: Pope Francis begins his first international trip Monday

22 Jul 2013

By The Record

The World Youth Day cross is carried by young prilgrims on July 18 during a visit to the Rocinha slum in Rio de Janeiro. PHOTO: CNS/Pilar Olivares, Reuters

Here is the schedule for the trip as released by the Vatican. Times listed are local, with Eastern Daylight Time in parentheses:

Monday, July 22 (Rome, Rio)

– 8:45 a.m. (2:45 a.m.) Departure from Rome’s Leonardo da Vinci International Airport to Rio de Janeiro.

– 4 p.m. (3 p.m.) Arrival ceremony at Rio’s Galeao-Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport.

– 5 p.m. (4 p.m.) Welcome ceremony in the Guanabara Palace garden. Speech by pope.

– 5:40 p.m. (4:40 p.m.) Courtesy visit to Rousseff in the Guanabara Palace.

Tuesday, July 23 (Rio)

Private time in the Sumare Residence.

Wednesday, July 24 (Rio, Aparecida)

– 8:15 a.m. (7:15 a.m.) Departure by helicopter from Rio to Aparecida.

– 9:30 a.m. (8:30 a.m.) Arrival at Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida.

– 10 a.m. (9 a.m.) Veneration of the image of Our Lady of Aparecida in the Shrine of the Twelve Apostles.

– 10:30 a.m. (9:30 a.m.) Mass in the Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida. Homily by pope.

– 1 p.m. (12 noon) Lunch with bishops and seminarians of the province of Aparecida in the Bom Jesus Seminary.

– 4:10 p.m. (3:10 p.m.) Departure by helicopter from Aparecida to Rio.

– 5:25 p.m. (4:25 p.m.) Arrival in Rio.

– 6:30 p.m. (5:30 p.m.) Visit to Rio’s St. Francis of Assisi Hospital. Speech by pope.

Thursday, July 25 (Rio)

– 9:45 a.m. (8:45 a.m.) Pope receives the keys to the city and blesses the Olympic flags in Rio’s City Hall.

– 11 a.m. (10 a.m.) Visit to residents of Varginha in the Manguinhos complex of slums. Speech by pope.

– 6 p.m. (5 p.m.) Welcome celebration with young people on Rio’s Copacabana beach. Speech by pope.

Friday, July 26 (Rio)

– 10 a.m. (9 a.m.) Pope hears confessions of some young people in Rio’s Quinta da Boa Vista Park.

– 11:30 a.m. (10:30 a.m.) Meeting with young prisoners at archbishop’s palace.

– 12 noon (11 a.m.) Pope prays Angelus and gives speech from balcony of archbishop’s palace.

– 12:15 p.m. (11:15 a.m.) Meeting with organizers and benefactors of the XXVIII World Youth Day in the archbishop’s palace.

– 1 p.m. (12 noon) Lunch with young people in the archbishop’s palace.

– 6 p.m. (5 p.m.) Stations of the Cross with young people on Copacabana beach. Speech by pope.

Saturday, July 27 (Rio)

– 9 a.m. (8 a.m.) Mass with bishops, priests, religious and seminarians in Rio’s Cathedral of St. Sebastian. Homily by pope.

– 11:30 a.m. (10:30 a.m.) Meeting with the “ruling class of Brazil” in Rio’s Municipal Theater. Speech by pope.

– 1:30 p.m. (12:30 p.m.) Lunch with Brazilian cardinals, leaders of the Brazilian bishops’ conference and bishops of the region in the Sumare Study Center, Rio.

– 7:30 p.m. (6:30 p.m.) Prayer vigil with young people at the “Campus Fidei” in Guaratiba. Speech by pope.

Sunday, July 28, 2013 (Rio)

– 10 a.m. (9 a.m.) Mass and Angelus at the “Campus Fidei,” Guaratiba. Homily and remarks by pope.

– 4 p.m. (3 p.m.) Meeting with the coordinating committee of the Latin American bishops’ council, CELAM, in the Sumare Study Center. Speech by pope.

– 4:40 p.m. (3:40 p.m.) Departure from the Sumare Residence.

– 5:30 p.m. (4:30 p.m.) Meeting with World Youth Day volunteers in Rio Center. Speech by pope.

– 6:30 p.m. (5:30 p.m.) Farewell ceremony at Galeao-Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport. Speech by pope.

– 7 p.m. (6 p.m.) Departure for Rome.

Monday, July 29 (Rome)

– 11:30 a.m. (5:30 a.m.) Arrival at Rome’s Ciampino Airport.