In response to the invitation of the respective highest authorities of the Republics and of the Catholic Church, His Holiness Pope Francis will make an Apostolic Trip to Bulgaria from 5 to 7 May 2019, where he will visit the cities of Sofia and Rakovski, and to the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia on 7 May 2019, where he will visit the city of Skopje. The programme for the trip will be published in due course.