APOSTOLIC JOURNEY OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS
TO BULGARIA AND NORTH MACEDONIA
5-7 MAY 2019
Live video transmission
(Vatican Media)
Sunday, 5 May 2019
ROME-SOFIA
7:00 | Departure by air from Rome-Fiumicino International Airport for Sofia |
Greeting to journalists on the flight to Sofia | |
10:00 | Arrival at Sofia International Airport |
Official Welcome | |
10:10 | Meeting with the Prime Minister in the Governmental Lounge of the Airport |
10:40 | Welcome Ceremony in the square adjacent to the Presidential Palace |
11:00 | Courtesy Visit to the President of the Republic in the Presidential Palace |
11:30 | Meeting with the Authorities, with Civil Society and the Diplomatic Corps in Atanas Burov Square |
12:00 | Visit to the Patriarch and to the Holy Synod in the Palace of the Holy Synod |
12:50 | Private Prayer before the Throne of Saints Cyril and Methodius in the Patriarchal Cathedral of Saint Alexander Nevsky |
13:00 | Regina Caeli in Saint Alexander Nevsky Square |
16:45 | Holy Mass in Knyaz Alexandar I Square |
Monday, 6 May 2019
SOFIA-RAKOVSKY-SOFIA
8:30 | Private visit to a Refugee Camp |
9:30 | Departure by air from Rakovsky |
11:15 | Holy Mass with First Communions in the Church of the Sacred Heart of Rakovsky |
13:00 | Lunch with the bishops of Bulgaria in the Convent of the Franciscan Sisters |
15:30 | Meeting with the Catholic Community in the Church of Saint Michael Archangel in Rakovsky |
17:15 | Departure by air for Sofia |
18:15 | Prayer for Peace presided at by the Holy Father in the presence of Leaders of the various Religious Confessions in Bulgaria in Nezavisimost Square in Sofia |
Tuesday, 7 May 2019
SOFIA-SKOPJE-ROME
Farewell Ceremony in Sofia International Airport | |
8:20 | Departure by air from Sofia Airport for Skopje |
8:15 | Arrival at Skopje International Airport |
Official Welcome | |
9:00 | Welcome Ceremony in the courtyard of the Presidential Palace |
9:15 | Courtesy Visit to the President in the Presidential Palace |
9:30 | Meeting with the Prime Minister in the Presidential Palace |
9:45 | Meeting with the Authorities, with Civil Society and with the Diplomatic Corps in the Mosaique Hall of the Presidential Palace |
10:20 | Visit to the Mother Teresa Memorial with the presence of Religious Leaders and Meeting with the Poor |
11:30 | Holy Mass in Macedonia Square |
13:30 | Lunch with the Papal Entourage |
16:00 | Ecumenical and Interreligious Meeting with Young People in the Pastoral Centre |
17:00 | Meeting with Priests, their Families, and Religious in the Cathedral |
18:15 | Farewell Ceremony at Skopje International Airport |
18:30 | Departure of Papal aircraft for Rome-Ciampino |
Press Conference on the return flight from Skopje to Rome | |
20:30 | Arrival at Roma-Ciampino International Airport |
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