Programme for the Pastoral Visit to Genoa

The Holy Father will travel to Genoa next week to visit with the faithful and members of the Church in that part of Northern Italy.

Programme for the Pastoral Visit 

of His Holiness Pope Francis to Genoa

Saturday, 27 May 2017
7:00am
Departure by car from Casa Santa Marta

7:30am
Departure from Ciampino airport

8:15am
Arrival at the airport in Genoa

8:30am
Meeting with the world of work at the Ilva Establishment
The Holy Father will respond to four questions

10:00am
Meeting with the Bishops of Liguria; clergy, seminarians and religious men and women in the region; lay people working in Diocesan offices; and representatives of other Confessions in the Cathedral of Saint Lawrence.
The Holy Father will respond to four questions
Greetings will be offered by Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco

12:15pm
Meeting with youth from the Diocesan Missions at the Shrine of the Madonna della Guardia
Prisoners from the Genoa prison will follow the meeting with youth via live television feed
The Holy Father will respond to some questions
The Holy Father will offer brief greetings to the prisoners

1:00pm
Lunch with the poor, refugees, the homeless and prisoners inside the Shrine

3:15pm
Meeting with children from various sectors of the Giannina Gaslini children's hospital

4:30pm
Transfer by car to Kennedy Square

5:00pm
Eucharistic concelebration in the Kennedy Square
Homily of the Holy Father
Greetings offered by Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco

6:30pm
Transfer to the airport
At the foot of the stairs leading to the aircraft, the Holy Father will bless a statue of Our Lady of Loretto

6:45pm
Departure of the aircraft

7:30pm
Arrival at Rome's Ciampino airport
Transfer by car to the Vatican