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APOSTOLIC JOURNEY OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS
TO IRAQ
5-8 MARCH 2021
Live video transmission
(Vatican Media)
- Multimedia
- Indications for the Holy Mass in Bagdad
- Indications for the Holy Mass in Erbil
- Video message of the Holy Father prior to his Apostolic Journey
- Photo Gallery
Friday, 5 March 2021
ROME - BAGHDAD
| 7:30 | Departure by plane from Rome/Fiumicino International Airport for Baghdad |
| Greeting to journalists on the flight to Baghdad | |
| 14:00 | Arrival at Baghdad International Airport |
| 14:00 | Official welcome at Baghdad International Airport |
| 14:10 | Meeting with the Prime Minister in the VIP Hall of Baghdad International Airport |
| 15:00 | Official welcome ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Baghdad |
| 15:15 | Courtesy visit to the President of ohe Republic in the private office of the Presidential Palace in Baghdad |
| 15:45 | Meeting with Authorities, Civil Society and the Diplomatic Corps in the hall of the Presidential Palace in Baghdad |
| 16:40 | Meeting with Bishops, Priests, Religious, Consecrated Persons, Seminarians, Catechists at the Syro-Catholic Cathedral of “Our Lady of Salvation” in Baghdad |
Saturday, 6 March 2021
BAGHDAD - NAJAF - UR - BAGDHAD
| 7:45 | Departure by plane for Najaf |
| 8:30 | Arrival at Najaf Airport |
| 9:00 | Courtesy visit to Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Al-Husayni Al-Sistani in Najaf |
| 10:00 | Departure by plane for Nassiriya |
| 10:50 | Arrival at Nassiriya Airport |
| 11:10 | Interreligious meeting at the Plain of Ur |
| 12:30 | Departure by plane for Baghdad |
| 13:20 | Arrival at Baghdad International Airport |
| 18:00 | Holy Mass at the Chaldean Cathedral of “Saint Joseph” in Baghdad |
Sunday, 7 March 2021
BAGHDAD - ERBIL - MOSUL - QARAQOSH - ERBIL - BAGHDAD
| 7:15 | Departure by plane for Erbil |
| 8:20 | Arrival at Erbil Airport |
| 8:20 | Welcome by the President of the Autonomous Region of Iraqi Kurdistan and the Religious and Civil Authorities at the Erbil Airport |
| 8:30 | Meeting the President and the Prime Minister of the Autonomous Region at the Presidential VIP Lounge of Erbil Airport |
| 9:00 | Departure by helicopter for Mosul |
| 9:35 | Arrival at the landing area in Mosul |
| 10:00 | Prayer of Suffrage for the Victims of the War at Hosh al-Bieaa (Church square) in Mosul |
| 10:55 | Departure by helicopter for Qaraqosh |
| 11:10 | Arrival at the landing area in Qaraqosh |
| 11:30 | Visit to the Qaraqosh Community at the Church of “Immaculate Conception” in Qaraqosh |
| 12:15 | Transfer to Erbil |
| 16:00 | Holy Mass at the “Franso Hariri” Stadium in Erbil |
| 18:10 | Departure by plane for Baghdad |
| 19:15 | Arrival at Baghdad International Airport |
Monday, 8 March 2021
BAGHDAD - ROME
| 9:20 | Farewell ceremony at Baghdad International Airport |
| 9:40 | Departure by plane for Rome |
| Press Conference on the return flight to Rome | |
| 12:55 | Arrival at Rome/Ciampino International Airporto |
| Time zones | |
| Rome | +1h UTC |
| Baghdad | +3h UTC |
| Najaf | +3h UTC |
| Nassiriya | +3h UTC |
| Erbil | +3h UTC |
| Mosul | +3h UTC |
| Qaraqosh | +3h UTC |
Bulletin of the Holy See Press Office, 8 February 2021
Bulletin of the Holy See Press Office, 2 March 2021
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