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APOSTOLIC JOURNEY TO GERMANY

22-25 SEPTEMBER 2011

PROGRAM

Thursday, 22 September 2011

Rome

8:15 Departure by plane from Rome Ciampino Airport for Berlin
Meeting of His Holiness Benedict XVI with journalists during the flight to Berlin

Berlin

10:30 Arrival at Berlin Tegel International Airport
  Official welcoming at Berlin Tegel International Airport
11:15 Welcoming ceremony at Bellevue Castle
  Courtesy visit to the Federal President at Bellevue Castle
12:50 Official meeting with the Federal Chancellor at the headquarters of the German Episcopal Conference, next to the Catholic Academy
13:30 Luncheon with the Papal Entourage at the Catholic Academy
16:15 Visit to the Federal Parliament in the Reichstag Building
17:15 Meeting with representatives of the Jewish Community in a room of the Reichstag Building
18:30 Holy Mass in the Olympiastadion

Friday, 23 September 2011

7:15 Private Mass in the chapel of Apostolic Nunciature of Berlin
9:00 Meeting with representatives of the Muslim Community in the reception room of the Apostolic Nunciature of Berlin
10:00 Departure by plane from the Berlin Tegel International Airport for Erfurt

Erfurt

10:45 Arrival at Erfurt Airport
11:15 Visit to St. Mary's Cathedral
11:45 Meeting with representatives of the German Evangelical Church Council in the Chapter Hall of the Augustinian Convent
12:20 Ecumenical Celebration in the church of the Augustinian Convent
13:20 Luncheon with the Papal Entourage in Erfurt seminary
16:45 Departure by helicopter from Erfurt Airport for Etzelsbach

Etzelsbach

17:30 Arrival at Etzelsbach heliport
17:45 Marian Vespers at the Wallfahrtskapelle in Etzelsbach
19:00 Departure by helicopter from Etzelsbach heliport for Erfurt

Erfurt

19:40 Arrival at Erfurt Airport

Saturday, 24 September 2011

9:00 Holy Mass at Domplatz in Erfurt
11:50 Departure by plane from Erfurt Airport for Lahr

Lahr

12:50 Arrival at Lahr Airport

Freiburg im Breisgau

14:00 Visit to the Cathedral of Freiburg im Breisgau
14:15 Greetings to the citizens at Münsterplatz
16:50 Meeting with the former Chancellor Helmut Kohl in the Seminary
17:15 Meeting with representatives of the Orthodox Churches in the Seminary Hörsaal
17:45 Meeting with seminarians at St Charles Borromeo Seminary Chapel
18:15 Meeting with the Council of the Central Committee of German Catholics (ZDK) in the Seminary Hörsaal
19:00 Prayer vigil with the young people at the trade fair grounds

Sunday, 25 September 2011

10:00 Holy Mass in the touristic airport of Freiburg im Breisgau
  Recitation of the Angelus Domini in the touristic airport of Freiburg im Breisgau
12:45 Luncheon with members of the German Episcopal Conference and the Papal Entourage in the Seminary
16:20 Meeting with judges of the Federal Constitutional Court in the Seminary Hörsaal
17:00 Meeting with a group of Catholics active in the Church and society in the Konzerthaus

Lahr

18:45 Farewell ceremony at Lahr Airport
19:15 Departure by plane from Lahr Airport for Rome

Rome

20:45 Arrival at Rome/Ciampino Airport

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Time lag

Rome and Germany: + 2 UTC



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