Itinerary for Papal visit to Mexico and Cuba released
The schedule for the Holy Father's forthcoming visit to Mexico and Cuba from the 23rd
to the 29th of March 2012 has been released. Pope Benedict will depart on Friday 23rd
of March from Rome’s Fiumicino airport on ruote to Mexico. On arrival at Guanjuato
International Airport the Pope will be greeted by dignitaries. Highlights on Saturday
24th of March will include a courtesy visit to the Federal President of
Mexico at Conde Rul House in Guanajuato.Later in the evening the Holy Father will greet children in Guanajuato’s Peace Square.
Following the celebration of Holy Mass on Sunday, March 25, in León Park, Pope Benedict will later that day celebrate vespers with the Bishops of Mexico and Latin America in the Cathedral of the Blessed Mother of the Light of Leon
On Monday morning March 26th the Holy Father will depart Mexico for Cuba arriving in the country in the mid afternoon. Later that evening the Pope will celebrate mass to mark the 400th anniversary of the rediscovery of the Virgin of Charity of Cobre in Cuba’s second largest city, Santiago de Cuba.
The Pope will visit this shrine to Our Lady on Tuesday morning the 27th before departing for Havana.
After paying a courtesy visit to the President of the Council of State and the Council of Ministers the Pope will meet with the Bishops of Cuba at the Nunciature in Havana.
The Pope’s final full day of activities on Wednesday, March 28, will include Mass in Revolution Square in Havana.
The Holy Father will arrive back in Rome on Thursday 29th March.
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