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POPE FRANCIS' PILGRIMAGE TO THE HOLY LAND
ON THE OCCASION OF THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MEETING
BETWEEN POPE PAUL VI AND PATRIARCH ATHENAGORAS IN JERUSALEM
24-26 MAY 2014
PROGRAM
Live video transmission by CTV
(Vatican Television Center)
Saturday, 24 May 2014
Rome
| 08:15 | Departure from Rome's Fiumicino airport for Amman |
| 13:00 | Arrival at the Amman Queen Alia International Airport |
| 13:45 | Welcoming ceremony in the Al-Husseini Royal Palace in Amman |
| Courtesy visit to Their Majesties the King and Queen of Jordan | |
| 14:20 | Meeting with the Authorities of the Kingdom of Jordan |
| 16:00 | Holy Mass at the Amman International Stadium |
| 19:00 | Visit to the Baptismal Site at Bethany beyond the Jordan |
| 19:15 | Meeting with refugees and young people with disabilities in the Latin Church in Bethany beyond the Jordan |
Sunday, 25 May 2014
| 08:15 | Farewell from Jordan at the Amman Queen Alia International Airport |
| 08:30 | Departure by helicopter for Bethlehem from the Amman Queen Alia International Airport |
| 09:20 | Arrival at the Bethlehem Heliport |
| 09:30 | Welcoming ceremony in the Presidential Palace in Bethlehem |
| Courtesy visit to the President of the State of Palestine | |
| 10:00 | Meeting with Palestinian Authorities |
| 11:00 | Holy Mass in Manger Square in Bethlehem |
| Regina Coeli Prayer | |
| 13:30 | Lunch with Palestinian families in the Franciscan Convent of Casa Nova in Bethlehem |
| 15:00 | Private visit to the Grotto of the Nativity in Bethlehem |
| 15:20 | Greeting of the children from the Dheisheh, Aida and Beit Jibrin refugee camps in the Phoenix Center of the Dheisheh refugee camp |
| 15:45 | Farewell from the State of Palestine at the Bethlehem Heliport |
| 16:00 | Departure by helicopter from the Bethlehem Heliport for the Tel Aviv Ben Gurion International Airport |
| 16:30 | Welcoming ceremony at the Tel Aviv Ben Gurion International Airport |
| 17:15 | Transfer by helicopter to Jerusalem |
| 17:45 | Arrival at the Jerusalem Helipad on Mount Scopus |
| 18:15 | Private Meeting with the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople at the Apostolic Delegation of Jerusalem |
| 19:00 | Ecumenical Celebration on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the meeting in Jerusalem between Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras in the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre |
| 20:15 | Dinner with the Patriarchs, Bishops and the Papal Entourage at the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem |
Monday, 26 May 2014
| 08:15 | Visit to the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem in the building of the Great Council on the Esplanade of the Mosques |
| 09:10 | Visit to the Western Wall in Jerusalem |
| 09:45 | Laying of a wreath at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem |
| 10:00 | Visit to the Yad Vashem Memorial in Jerusalem |
| 10:45 | Courtesy visit to the two chief rabbis of Israel at Heichal Shlomo Center in Jerusalem, next to the Jerusalem Great Synagogue |
| 11:45 | Courtesy visit to the President of the State of Israel in the Presidential Residence in Jerusalem |
| 13:00 | Private audience with the Prime Minister of Israel at Notre Dame Center in Jerusalem |
| 13:30 | Lunch with the Papal Entourage at Notre Dame Center in Jerusalem |
| 15:30 | Private visit to the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople in the building next to the Orthodox Church of Viri Galileai on the Mount of Olives |
| 16:00 | Meeting with priests, religious and seminarians in the Church of Gethsemane at the foot of the Mount of Olives |
| 17:20 | Holy Mass with the Ordinaries of the Holy Land and the Papal Entourage in the room of the Cenacle in Jerusalem |
| 19:30 | Transfer from the helipad of Mount Scopus in Jerusalem to the Tel Aviv Ben Gurion International Airport |
| 20:00 | Farewell from the State of Israel at the Tel Aviv Ben Gurion International Airport |
| 20:15 | Departure from Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv for Rome's Ciampino Airport |
| 23:00 | Arrival at Ciampino Airport in Rome |
Time difference
Roma: +2 UTC
Amman: +3 UTC
Bethelehem: +3 UTC
Jerusalem: +3 UTC
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