APOSTOLIC JOURNEY TO LEBANON
ON THE OCCASION OF THE SIGNING AND PUBLICATION
OF THE POST-SYNODAL APOSTOLIC EXHORTATION
OF THE SPECIAL ASSEMBLY FOR THE MIDDLE EAST
OF THE SYNOD OF BISHOPS
14-16 SEPTEMBER 2012

PROGRAM
Live broadcasting from CTV
(Vatican Television Center)



Friday, 14 September 2012
Rome

9:30
Departure by plane from Rome's Ciampino airport for Beirut

Beirut

13:45
Welcoming ceremony at the Beirut-Rafic International Airport
Address of the Holy Father

Harissa
18:00
Visit to St. Paul's Basilica in Harissa and the Signing of the Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation
Address of the Holy Father

Saturday, 15 September 2012

8:00
Holy Mass (private)

Baabda
10:00
Courtesy visit to the President of the Republic. Private meetings with the President of the Republic, the President of the Parliament and the President of the Council of Ministers in the Hall of the Ambassadors of the Baabda Presidential Palace

10:50
Meeting with Leaders of Muslim Religious Communities in the Hall of the Ambassadors of the Baabda Presidential Palace

11:15
Meeting with members of the government, institutions of the Republic, the diplomatic corps, religious leaders and representatives of the world of culture in the May 25th Hall of the Baabda Presidential Palace
Address of the Holy Father
Bzommar
13:30
Luncheon with the Patriarchs and Bishops of Lebanon, members of the Special Council for the Middle East of the Synod of Bishops and the papal entourage in the refectory of the Armenian Catholic Patriachate of Bzommar

Bkerké
18:00
Meeting with the youth in the square across from the Maronite Patriarchate of Bkerké
Address of the Holy Father

Sunday, 16 September 2012
Beirut
10:00
Holy Mass and the Presentation of the Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation for the Middle East in the Beirut City Center Waterfront
Homily of the Holy Father

Recitation of the Angelus
Words of the Holy Father
Harissa
13:20
Luncheon with the papal entourage in the Apostolic Nunciature in Harissa

16:50
Departure from the Apostolic Nunciature in Harissa

Charfet
17:15
Ecumenical Meeting in the Hall of Honor of the Syro-Catholic Patriarchate of Charfet

Beirut
18:30
Departure ceremony at the Beirut-Rafic International Airport
Address of the Holy Father
19:00
Departure by plane from the Beirut-Rafic International Airport for Rome

Rome
21:40
Arrival at Rome's Ciampino Airport

Time difference

Rome

: + 2 UTC
Beirut: + 3 UTC

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