Schedule
Friday, Sept. 14 (Rome, Beirut, Harissa)
- 9:30 a.m. Departure by plane from Rome Airport / Ciampino to Beirut.
- 1:45 p.m. Welcoming Ceremony (Beirut - Rafiq Hariri International Airport.)
Speech of the Holy Father. - 6:00 p.m. Visit of St Paul’s Basilica in Harissa and signature of the Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation of the Special Assembly for the Middle East of the Synod of Bishops. Speech of the Holy Father.
- 10:00 a.m. Courtesy visit to the President Michel Suleiman at the presidential palace in Baabda. Also private meetings with the president of the parliament and the prime minister.
- 10:50 a.m. Meeting with the religious leaders of the Muslim community at the presidential palace in Baabda.
- 11:15 a.m. Meeting with the members of the government, institutions of the republic, the diplomatic corps, religious leaders and representatives of the cultural world.
- 1:30 p.m. Lunch with Patriarchs and Bishops of Lebanon, Members of the Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for the Middle East, and the Papal Retinue at the Armenian Catholic Patriarchate in Bzommar.
- 6:00 p.m. Meeting with the youth (The square across from the Maronite Patriarchate in Bkerke.). Speech of the Holy Father.
- 10:00 a.m. Holy Mass and presentation of the post-synodal apostolic exhortation for the Middle East at Beirut City Center Waterfront.
Homely of the Holy Father. Recitation of the Angelus. Speech of the Holy Father. - 1:20 p.m. Lunch with the Papal Retinue at the Apostolic Nuncio in Harissa.
- 5:15 p.m. Ecumenical meeting at the Hall of honor of the Syrian Catholic Patriarchate at Charfet.
- 6:30 p.m. Farewell ceremony at Beirut - Rafiq Hariri International Airport.
Speech of the Holy Father. - 7:00 p.m. Departure by plane from Beirut - Rafiq Hariri International Airport to Rome.
- 9:40 p.m. Arrival at the airport in Rome / Ciampino.
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