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APOSTOLIC JOURNEY OF HIS HOLINESS FRANCIS
TO BUDAPEST, ON THE OCCASION OF THE CONCLUDING HOLY MASS
OF THE 52nd INTERNATIONAL EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS,
AND TO SLOVAKIA

12-15 SEPTEMBER 2021

 


 

Sunday, 12 September 2021

ROME - BUDAPEST - BRATISLAVA

6:00 Departure by airplane from Rome/Fiumicino International Airport for Budapest
  Greeting to journalists on the flight to Budapest
7:45 Arrival at Budapest International Airport
7:45 Official welcome at Budapest International Airport
8:45 Meeting with the President of the Republic and the Prime Minister at the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest
9:15 Meeting with the Bishops at the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest
10:00 Meeting with the Representatives of the Ecumenical Council of Churches and some Jewish Communities in Hungary at the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest
11:30 Holy Mass at Heroes' Square in Budapest
14:30 Farewell Ceremony at Budapest International Airport
14:40 Departure by airplane for Bratislava
15:30 Arrival at Bratislava International Airport
15:30 Official welcome at Bratislava International Airport
16:30 Ecumenical Meeting at the Apostolic Nunciature in Bratislava
17:30 Private Meeting with the Members of the Society of Jesus at the Apostolic Nunciature in Bratislava

 

Monday, 13 September 2021

BRATISLVA

9:15 Welcome ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Bratislava  
9:30 Courtesy Visit to the President of the Republic in the “Golden Hall” of the Presidential Palace in Bratislava  
10:00 Meeting with Authorities, Civil Society and the Diplomatic Corps in the garden of the Presidential Palace in Bratislava  
10:45 Meeting with Bishops, Priests, Religious, Consecrated Persons, Seminarians, Catechists at the Cathedral of Saint Martin in Bratislava  
16:00 Private Visit to the “Bethlehem Center” in Bratislava  
16:45 Meeting with the Jewish Community at Rybné námestie Square in Bratislava  
18:00 Visit of the President of the Parliament at the Apostolic Nunciature in Bratislava  
18:15 Visit of the Prime Minister at the Apostolic Nunciature in Bratislava  

 

Tuesday, 14 September 2021 

BRATISLAVA - KOŠICE - PREŠOV - KOŠICE - BRATISLAVA

8:10 Departure by airplane for Košice
9:00 Arrival at Košice Airport
10:30 Byzantine Divine Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom presided by the Holy Father in the square of the Mestská športová hala in Prešov
16:00 Meeting with the Roma Community at Luník IX district in Košice
17:00 Meeting with Young People at Lokomotiva Stadium in Košice
18:30 Departure by airplane for Bratislava
19:30 Arrival at Bratislava International Airport

 

Wednesday, 15 September 2021 

BRATISLAVA - ŠAŠTIN - BRATISLAVA - ROME

9:10 Moment of Prayer with the Bishops at the National Shrine in Šaštin
10:00 Holy Mass on the esplanade of the National Shrine in Šaštin
13:30 Farewell Ceremony at Bratislava International Airport
13:45 Departure by airplane for Rome
  Press Conference on the return flight to Rome  
15:30 Arrival at Rome/Ciampino International Airport

 

Time zones
   
Rome: +2h UTC
Budapest: +2h UTC
Bratislava: +2h UTC
Košice: +2h UTC
Prešov: +2h UTC

 

Declaration of the Director of the Holy See Press Office, 4 July 2021

Bulletin of the Holy See Press Office21 July 2021



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