CELEBRATION PRESIDED OVER BY POPE FRANCIS
AT THE MILITARY MEMORIAL OF REDIPUGLIA
ON THE OCCASION OF THE 100th ANNIVERSARY OF THE OUTBREAK OF FIRST WORLD WAR
(13 SEPTEMBER 2014)
PROGRAM
Live video transmission by CTV
(Centro Televisivo Vaticano)
Saturday, 13 September 2014
07:30 | Transfer by car from the Vatican to Rome’s Ciampino Airport |
08:00 | Take-off from Rome's Ciampino Airport |
08:50 | Arrival at Ronchi dei Legionari Airport |
09:15 | Visit to the Austro-Hungarian Cemetery of Fogliano di Redipuglia |
The Pope will visit privately the Cemetery and and will stop in prayer before the monument to the fallen where he will place a floral wreath |
10:00 | Holy Mass at the Military Memorial of Redipuglia |
At the conclusion of the Eucharistic Celebration, a prayer will be recited for the fallen and victims of all wars. The Pope will deliver a lamp to the Military Ordinaries and Bishops present, which will also be turned on in their respective dioceses during the course of the celebrations to commemorate the First World War |
12:00 | Take-off from Ronchi dei Legionari Airport |
12:50 | Arrival at Rome's Ciampino Airport |
Transfer by car for the Vatican |
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