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APOSTOLIC JOURNEY TO BENIN
ON THE OCCASION OF THE SIGNING AND PUBLICATION
OF THE POST-SYNODAL APOSTOLIC EXHORTATION
OF THE SECOND SPECIAL ASSEMBLY FOR AFRICA
OF THE SYNOD OF BISHOPS
NOVEMBER 18 - 20, 2011
PROGRAM
Live Broadcast by CTV
(Vatican
Television Center)
Friday, 18 November 2011
Rome
Cotonou
Saturday, 19 November 2011
| 7:30 |
Mass in private in the Chapel of the
Apostolic Nunciature of Cotonou |
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| 9:00 |
Meeting with Government members,
representatives of the Institutions of the Republic, Diplomatic Corps and
representatives of the major religions gathered in the Presidential
Palace of Cotonou |
(Video)
Address of the Holy Father |
| 9:50 |
Courtesy visit to the President of the
Republic at the Presidential Palace of Cotonou |
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Ouidah
| 11:15 |
Visit to the tomb of Card. Bernardin
Gantin at the Chapel of St. Gall Seminary |
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Meeting with priests, seminarians, men
and women religious and lay faithful gathered in the Courtyard of St
Gall Seminary |
(Video)
Address of the Holy Father |
| 12:15 |
Visit at the Basilica of the Immaculate
Conception of Mary of Ouidah and signing of the Post-Synodal Apostolic
Exhortation |
(Video)
Address of the Holy Father
Africae Munus:
Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation
on the Church in Africa in Service to Reconciliation, Justice and Peace
(November 19, 2011)
[Arabic, English,
French,
German,
Italian,
Polish,
Portuguese,
Spanish] |
Cotonou
| 17:00 |
Visit at "Peace and Joy" Foyer of the
Missionaries of Charity at St. Rita Parish |
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Meeting with children at St. Rita
Parish
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(Video)
Address of the Holy Father |
| 18:45 |
Meeting with the Bishops of Benin at
the Apostolic Nunciature of Cotonou |
Address of the Holy Father |
| 19:30 |
Dinner with the Bishops of Benin and
members of the Papal Entourage at the Apostolic Nunciature of Cotonou |
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Sunday, 20 November 2011
| 9:00 |
Holy Mass at the "Stade de
l’amitié" of Cotonou |
(Video)
Homily of
the Holy Father |
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Consignment of the Post-Synodal
Apostolic Exhortation to the Bishops of Africa |
(Video)
Address of the Holy Father |
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Recitation of the Angelus Domini |
(Video)
Address of the Holy Father |
| 12:15 |
Luncheon with members of the Special Council for
Africa of the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops and with
the Papal entourage in the Apostolic Nunciature of Cotonou |
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| 16:00 |
Farewell ceremony at Cardinal Bernardin Gantin
international airport of Cotonou |
Address of the Holy Father |
| 16:30 |
Departure by plane from Cardinal Bernardin Gantin
international airport of Cotonou for Roma |
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Rome
| 22:00 |
Arrival at Ciampino Airport |
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Time lag
Rome and Benin: + 1 UTC
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