Subject: VISnews 110720
Organization: VIS - Ufficio Stampa della Santa Sede
From: Vatican Information Service - Eng - txt
VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE
TWENTY FIRST YEAR - N. 135
ENGLISH
WEDNESDAY, 20 JULY 2011
SUMMARY:
- Programme of the Pope's Apostolic Trip to Germany
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PROGRAMME OF THE POPE'S APOSTOLIC TRIP TO GERMANY
VATICAN CITY, 20 JUL 2011 (VIS) - The programme of Benedict XVI's apostolic
trip to Germany, due to last from 22 to 25 September, was announced today.
The Holy Father will depart from Rome's Ciampino airport at 8.15 a.m. on
Thursday 22 September, landing at Berlin-Tegel airport at 10.30 a.m. The
welcome ceremony and the courtesy meeting with Christian Wulff, president of
the Federal Republic of Germany, will both take place at Bellevue Castle,
official residence of the president. The Holy Father will then go on to the
headquarters of the German Episcopal Conference in Berlin where he will
encounter the federal chancellor.
In the afternoon he will visit the federal parliament, then meet
representatives of the local Jewish community. At 6.30 p.m. he is due to
celebrate Mass in Berlin's Olympic stadium.
At 9 a.m. on Friday 23 September the Holy Father will meet with
representatives of the Muslim community at the apostolic nunciature in
Berlin, before travelling by plane to the city of Erfurt. There he will
visit St. Mary's Cathedral, address representatives of the German
Evangelical Church Council and participate in an ecumenical celebration.
That afternoon he will be taken by helicopter to Etzelsbach where at 5.45
p.m. he is due to preside at Marian Vespers at the Wallfahrtskapelle.
Following the celebration he will return to Erfurt.
On the morning of Saturday 24 September Benedict XVI will celebrate Mass
at Erfurt's Domplatz before travelling by plane to the city of Freiburg im
Breisgau where he will make a visit to the local cathedral. During the
afternoon he will go to the local seminary where he will meet first with
Helmut Kohl, former chancellor of Germany, then with representatives from
the Orthodox Churches, followed by the seminarians themselves and finally
the Central Committee of German Catholics (ZDK).
At 7 p.m. he is scheduled to preside at a prayer vigil with young people
at the Fair of Freiburg im Breisgau.
At 10 a.m. on Sunday 25 September he will celebrate Mass and pray the
Angelus at the airport of Freiburg im Breisgau.
Following Mass the Holy Father will have lunch with members of the German
Episcopal Conference. At 4.20 p.m. he will meet with magistrates of the
Federal Constitutional Court, then with a group of Catholics active in the
Church and society.
Following the departure ceremony at the airport of Lahr, the papal plane
will depart for Rome where it is expected to land at Ciampino airport at
8.45 p.m.
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