7.00

Departure from the Vatican by helicopter

8.00

Arrival at the “Luigi Ridolfi” Athletics Stadium, in private

8.30

Arrival of the Holy Father at Palazzo Vecchio

8.45

SALONE DEI CINQUECENTO

Greeting from:

- Dario Nardella, mayor of Florence;

- Kostas Bakoyannis, mayor of Athens;

- Moshe Lion, mayor of Jerusalem;

- Ekrem İmamoğlu, mayor of Istanbul.

- Cardinal Gualtiero Bassetti, metropolitan archbishop of Perugia-Città della Pieve, president of the Italian Episcopal Conference.

* Address of the Holy Father

9.30

SALA D’ARME

The Holy Father will meet with refugee families (no speeches)

10.00

The Holy Father will transfer by car to the Basilica of Santa Croce, where he will be received by the religious Community of the Friars Minor.

- Private meeting with the President of the Italian Republic.

10.30

BASILICA DI SANTA CROCE: Holy Mass

* Homily of the Holy Father

Before the final blessing:

- Thanksgiving from Cardinal Gualtiero Bassetti, president of the Italian Episcopal Conference.

12.00

Entrance to the Basilica: Angelus

Thanksgiving from Cardinal Giuseppe Betori, metropolitan archbishop of Florence.

12.30

Departure by helicopter from the “Luigi Ridolfi” Athletics Stadium

13.30

Arrival at the Vatican heliport.