APOSTOLIC JOURNEY OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS
TO CHILE AND PERU
15-22 JANUARY 2018
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CHILE
Monday, 15 January 2018
ROME - SANTIAGO
| 8.00 | Departure by plane from Rome/Fiumicino Airport for Santiago |
| Greeting to journalists on the flight to Chile | |
| 20.10 | Arrival at Santiago International Airport |
| Welcome ceremony | |
| 21.00 | Arrival of the Holy Father at the Apostolic Nunciature |
Tuesday, 16 January 2018
SANTIAGO
| 8.20 | Meeting with Authorities, the Civil Society and the Diplomatic Corps in La Moneda Palace |
| 9.00 | Courtesy visit to the President in the "Blue room" of La Moneda Palace |
| 10.30 | Holy Mass in OʼHiggins Park |
| 16.00 | Short visit to the Female Central Penitentiary of Santiago |
| 17.15 | Meeting with Priests, Religious Men and Women, Consecrated and Seminarians in the Cathedral of Santiago |
| 18.15 | Meeting with the Bishops in the Sacristy of the Cathedral |
| 19.15 | Private Visit to the Shrine dedicated to Saint Alberto Hurtado, S.J. |
| Private Meeting with the priests of the Society of Jesus |
Wednesday, 17 January 2018
SANTIAGO-TEMUCO-SANTIAGO
| 8.00 | Departure from Santiago Airport for Temuco |
| 10.30 | Holy Mass at Maquehue Airport |
| 12.45 | Lunch with inhabitants of the Araucanìa Region in the house “Madre de la Santa Cruz” |
| 15.30 | Departure from Temuco Airport for Santiago |
| 17.00 | Arrival at Santiago Airport |
| 17.30 | Meeting with the youth in the Shrine of Maipù |
| 18.30 | Transfer in closed vehicle to the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile |
| 19.00 | Visit to the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile |
Thursday, 18 January 2018
SANTIAGO-IQUIQUE-LIMA
| 8.05 | Departure from Santiago Airport for Iquique |
| 10.35 | Arrival at Iquique International Airport |
| 11.30 | Holy Mass in Lobito Campus |
| 14.00 | Lunch with the Papal Entourage at the “Casa de retiros del Santuario Nuestra Señora de Lourdes” of the Oblates of the Virgin Mary |
| 16.45 | Arrival at Iquique International Airport |
| Farewell ceremony | |
| 17.05 | Departure from Iquique International Airport for Lima |
PERU
| 17.20 | Arrival at Lima Airport |
| Welcome ceremony |
Friday, 19 January 2018
LIMA-PUERTO MALDONADO-LIMA
| 8.30 | Departure from Lima Airport for Puerto Maldonado |
| 10.15 | Arrival at Puerto Maldonado Airport |
| 10.30 | Meeting with indigenous people of the Amazon region in the "Coliseo Regional Madre de Dios" |
| 11.30 | Meeting with the population at Jorge-Basadre-Institute |
| 12.15 | Visit to "Hogar Principito" Childrenʼs Home |
| 13.15 | Lunch with representatives of the peoples of Amazonia in the Pastoral Centre "Apaktone" |
| 14.35 | Departure by plane for Lima |
| 16.10 | Arrival at Lima Airport |
| 16.20 | Visit to the Airbase Chapel |
| 16.45 | Meeting with Authorities, the Civil Society and the Diplomatic Corps in the Government Palaceʼs Honour Yard |
| 17.15 | Courtesy visit to the President in the Ambassadorsʼ Salon of the Government Palace |
| 17.55 | Private meeting with members of the Society of Jesus in "San Pedro" Church |
Saturday, 20 January 2018
LIMA-TRUJILLO-LIMA
| 7.40 | Departure by plane for Trujillo |
| 9.10 | Arrival at Trujillo Airport |
| 10.00 | Holy Mass at the waterfront esplanade of Huanchaco |
| 12.15 | Transfer by Popemobile across Limaʼs “Buenos Aires” district |
| 15.00 | Short visit to the Cathedral |
| 15.30 | Meeting with the Priests, Men and Women Religious, and Seminarians of the Ecclesiastical Provinces of Northern Peru in Saints Carlos and Marcelo Seminary College |
| 16.45 | Marian Celebration – Our Lady of the Gate in "Plaza de Armas" Square |
| 18.15 | Departure by plane for Lima |
| 19.40 | Arrival at Lima Airport |
Sunday, 21 January 2018
LIMA- ROME
| 9.15 | Mid-Day Prayer with Contemplative Women Religious at Limaʼs Lord of the Miracles Shrine |
| 10.30 | Prayer before the relics of the Peruvian Saints in the Cathedral of Lima |
| 10.50 | Meeting with the Peruvian Bishops in the Archbishop’s House |
| 12.00 | Angelus Prayer in “Plaza de Armas” Square |
| 12.30 | Lunch with the Papal Entourage in the Apostolic Nunciature |
| 16.15 | Holy Mass at Las Palmas Air Base |
| 18.30 | Arrival at the airport |
| Farewell ceremony | |
| 18.45 | Departure by plane for Rome/Ciampino Press Conference during the return flight from Peru |
Monday, 22 January 2018
ROME
| 14.15 | Arrival at Rome/Ciampino Airport |
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| Time zones | |
| Rome: | + 1h UTC |
| Santiago (CHILE): | -3h UTC |
| Temuco (CHILE): | -3h UTC |
| Iquique (CHILE): | -3h UTC |
| Lima (PERU): | -5h UTC |
| Puerto Maldonado (PERU): | -5h UTC |
| Trujillo (PERU): | -5h UTC |
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