APOSTOLIC JOURNEY OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS
to PORTUGAL
ON THE OCCASION OF THE XXXVII WORLD YOUTH DAY
2 - 6 AUGUST 2023
Wednesday, 2 August 2023
ROME - LISBON
| 7:50 | Departure by airplane from Rome/Fiumicino International Airport to Lisbon |
| 10:00 | Arrival at Figo Maduro Air Base in Lisbon |
| 10:00 | OFFICIAL WELCOME |
| 10:45 | WELCOME CEREMONY at the main entrance of “Palácio Nacional de Belém” |
| 11:15 | COURTESY VISIT TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC at “Palácio Nacional de Belém” |
| 12:15 | MEETING WITH THE AUTHORITIES, CIVIL SOCIETY AND THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS in the Cultural Centre of Belém |
| 16:45 | MEETING WITH THE PRIME MINISTER at the Apostolic Nunciature |
| 17:30 | VESPERS WITH BISHOPS, PRIESTS, DEACONS, CONSECRATED PERSONS, SEMINARIANS AND PASTORAL WORKERS in “Mosteiro dos Jerónimos” |
Thursday, 3 August 2023
LISBONA - CASCAIS - LISBONA
| 09:00 | MEETING WITH UNIVERSITY STUDENTS at “Universidade Católica Portugesa” |
| 10:40 | MEETING WITH YOUNG PEOPLE OF SCHOLAS OCCURRENTES in the Scholas Occurentes Headquarters in Cascais |
| 17:45 | WELCOME CEREMONY in “Parque Eduardo VII” |
Friday, 4 August 2023
LISBON
| 09:00 | THE HOLY FATHER CELEBRATES THE SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION WITH SOME YOUNG PEOPLE at “Praça do Império” |
| 09:45 | MEETING WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF SOME AID AND CHARITY CENTRES at “Centro Paroquial de Serafina” |
| 12:00 | LUNCH WITH YOUNG PEOPLE at the Apostolic Nunciature |
| 18:00 | STATIONS OF THE CROSS WITH YOUNG PEOPLE in “Parque Eduardo VII” |
Saturday, 5 August 2023
LISBON - FATIMA - LISBON
| 08:00 | Departure by helicopter from Figo Maduro Air Base in Lisbon to Fatima |
| 08:50 | Arrival at Fatima Stadium |
| 09:30 | RECITATION OF THE HOLY ROSARY WITH SICK YOUNG PEOPLE at the Chapel of Apparitions of the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima |
| 11:00 | Departure by helicopter from Fatima Stadium to Lisbon |
| 11:50 | Arrival at Figo Maduro Air Base in Lisbon |
| 18:00 | PRIVATE MEETING WITH MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY OF JESUS at “Colégio de S. João de Brito” |
| 20:45 | VIGIL WITH YOUNG PEOPLE at “Parque Tejo” |
Sunday, 6 August 2023
LISBON - ROME
| 09:00 | HOLY MASS FOR WORLD YOUTH DAY at “Parque Tejo” |
| 16:30 | MEETING WITH THE VOLUNTEERS OF WYD at “Passeio marítimo” in Algés |
| 17:50 | FAREWELL CEREMONY at Figo Maduro Air Base in Lisbon |
| 18:15 | Departure by airplane from Figo Maduro Air Base in Lisbon to Rome |
| 22:15 | Arrival at Rome/Fiumicino International Airport |