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)  

CTV

 

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