Friday, September 12, 2008

ITALY

Fiumicino (Rome)

  • 9.00 Departure by plane from the Leonardo da Vinci International Airport for the Airport of Orly (Paris)

FRANCE

Paris

  • 11.10 Arrival at the Airport of Orly.
  • 11.15 Official welcome at the Airport of Orly
  • 12.25 Welcoming ceremony at the Elysée Palace
  • 12.30 Courtesy visit to the President of the Republic at the Elysée Palace
  • 13.00 Meeting with authorities of State at the Elysée Palace. Address of the Holy Father
  • 17.00 Short meeting with representatives of the Jewish Community at the Apostolic Nunciature of Paris
  • 17.30 Meeting with representatives from the world of culture at the Collège des Bernardins. Address of the Holy Father
  • 19.15 Celebration of Vespers with priests, religious, seminarians and deacons in the Cathedral of Notre-Dame. Address of the Holy Father
  • 20.30 Greeting to young people gathered in the square in front of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame. Greeting of the Holy Father