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SearchAPOSTOLIC JOURNEY OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO TIRANA (ALBANIA)
(21 September 2014)
PROGRAM
Live video transmission by CTV
(Vatican Television Center)
Sunday, 21 September 2014
| 7:30 | Departure from Rome's Fiumicino airport for Tirana |
| 9:00 | Arrival at "Mother Teresa" International Airport in Tirana |
| Official welcoming by the Prime Minister, Edi Rama | |
| 9:30 | Welcoming ceremony in the square in front of the Presidential Palace |
| Courtesy visit to the President of the Republic in the Green Room of the Presidential Palace | |
| 10:00 | Meeting with the civil authorities in the Reception Room of the Presidential Palace |
| 11:00 | Holy Mass in Mother Teresa Square |
| Prayer of the Angelus Domini | |
| 13:30 | Meeting and luncheon with the Albanian Bishops and the Papal Entourage at the Apostolic Nunciature |
| 16:00 | Meeting with the leaders of other religions and other Christian denominations at the Catholic University "Our Lady of Good Counsel" |
| 17:00 | Celebration of Vespers with priests, men and women religious, seminarians and various lay movements in the Cathedral of Tirana |
| 18:30 | Meeting with the children of the "Centro Betania" and the representatives from other charitable centers of Albania in the church of the "Centro Betania" |
| 19:45 | Farewell ceremony at "Mother Teresa" International Airport of Tirana |
| 20:00 | Departure from Tirana for Rome's Ciampino Airport In-Flight Press Conference of Pope Francis from Albania to Rome |
| 21:30 | Arrival at Ciampino Airport in Rome |
Time Lag
Rome: +2 UTC
Tirana: +2 UTC