The proposed program for the Pope's visit to Portugal in May 2010 was released Monday by the Portuguese bishops' conference and posted on the site of the Portugal's Catholic news agency
and translated here,
VISIT OF BENEDICT XVI TO PORTUGAL
May 11-14, 2010
P R O G R A M
May 11
Lisbon
11h00 – Arrival at Portela international airport.
12h45 - Welcome ceremony at the Monastery of Jeronimos
13h30 - Courtesy visit to President Aníbal Cavaco Silva, Palacio de Belem
18h15 - Holy Mass (site still to be confirmed)
May 12
Lisbon
10h00 – Meeting with the world of culture, Centro Cultural de Belém
12h00 - Meeting with the Prime Minister, Apostolic Nunciature
16h40 – Depart by helicopter for Fatima.
Fátima
17h30 - Arrival at the Chapel of Apparitions
18h00 – Vespers wotj priests, religious, seminarians and deacons, Church of the Holy Trinity
21h30 - Rosary and Candlelight Procession presided by Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone
May 13
Fátima
10h00 – Holy Mass coemmorating the anniversary of the Marian apparitions in 1917
13h00 - Lunch with the Bishops of Portugal
17h00 - Meeting with members of pastoral social organizations,
Church of the Holy Trinity
18h45 – Meeting with the Bishops of Portugal, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel House
May 14
Fátima
08h00 – Depart Fatima by helicopter for Porto.
Porto
09h30 - Arrival at the Serra do Pilar, Gaia district
10h15 – Holy Mass at Avenida dos Aliados.
13h30 – Departure ceremony, Porto international airport.
14h00 – Departure for Rome on TAP, the Portuguese national airline
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