Schedule for Apostolic Voyage in Africa

(Vatican Radio) The program for Pope Francis’ Apostolic Voyage to Kenya, Uganda, and the Central African Republic was released on Saturday. The November 25-30 journey will be Pope Francis’ first visit to Africa as Pope.

The five day visit will include a visit to a poor neighbourhood in Nairobi, Kenya; a visit to the Anglican and Catholic martyrs’ shrines in Namugongo, Uganda; and a visit to a refugee camp in the Central African Republic.

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Below, please find the program for Pope Francis’ Apostolic Voyage to Kenya, Uganda, and the Central African Republic:

Wednesday 25 November 2015

07:45     Departure from Rome Fiumicino to Nairobi, Kenya

17:00     Arrival at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi

Welcome ceremony at the State House

18:00     Courtesy visit to the President of the Republic at the State House in Nairobi

18:30     Meeting with the civil authorities of Kenya and with the diplomatic corps

Thursday 26 November 2015

08:15     Interreligious and Ecumenical Meeting in the Salon of the Apostolic Nunciature in Nairobi

10:00     Holy Mass on the Campus of the University of Nairobi

15:45     Meeting with clergy, religious men and women, and seminarians, at the athletic field of St Mary’s School

17:30     Visit to the United Nations Office in Nairobi (U.N.O.N.)

Friday 27 November 2015

08:30     Visit to the poor neighbourhood of Kangemi in Nairobi

10:00     Meeting with young people in Kasarani Stadium

11:15     Meeting with the Bishops of Kenya in the VIP room of the Stadium

15:10     Farewell ceremony at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi

15:15     Departure by air from Nairobi for Entebbe

16:50     Arrival at Entebbe International Airport in Uganda

Saturday 28 November 2015

08:30     Visit to the Anglican Sanctuary of the Martyrs at Namugongo

09:00     Visit to the Catholic Sanctuary of the Martyrs at Namugongo

09:30     Holy Mass for the Martyrs of Uganda in the area of the Catholic Sanctuary

15:15     Meeting with yout at Kololo Air Strip in Kampala

17:00     Visit to the House of Charity of Nalukolongo

18:00     Meeting with the Bishops of Uganda in the Residence of the Archbishop

19:00     Meeting with priests, religious men and women, and seminarians in the Cathedral

Sunday 29 November 2015

09:00     Farewell ceremony at the Airport of Entebbe

09:15     Departure by air from Entebbe for Bangui in the Central African Republic

10:00     Arrival at M’Poko International Airport of Bangui

Welcome ceremony

11:00     Courtesy visit to the president of the state of transition in the Presidential Palace “de la Renaissance”

11:30     Meeting with civic leaders and with the diplomatic corps

12:15     Visit to a refugee camp

13:00     Meeting with the Bishops of the Central African Republic

16:00     Meeting with the Evangelical Community at the headquarters of FATEB (the Faculty of Evangelical Theology of Bangui)

17:00     Holy Mass with priests, religious men and women, catechists, and young people at the Cathedral of Bangui

19:00     Confessions of some young people; and the beginning of the Vigil of Prayer in front of the Cathedral

Monday 30 November 2015

08:15     Meeting with the Muslim community in the central Mosque of Koudoukou in Bangui

09:30     Holy Mass in the Stadium at the Barthélémy Boganda Sports Complex

12:15     Departure ceremony at M’Poko International Airport of Bangui

12:30     Departure by air for Rome

18:45     Arrival at Rome/Ciampino Airport