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APOSTOLIC JOURNEY OF POPE LEO XIV TO FRANCE
AND VISIT TO THE HEADQUARTERS
OF THE UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC
AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION (UNESCO)
25-28 SEPTEMBER 2026
Friday, 25 September 2026
ROME - PARIS - SAINT-DENIS - PARIS
| 07:50 | Departure by airplane from Rome/Fiumicino International Airport to Paris |
| 10:00 | Arrival at Paris Orly International Airport WELCOME CEREMONY |
| 11:00 | COURTESY VISIT TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC at the Élysée Palace |
| 11:45 | MEETING WITH THE AUTHORITIES, CIVIL SOCIETY AND THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS at the Élysée Palace |
| 15:00 | VISIT TO THE UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION (UNESCO) at the Headquarters of UNESCO |
| 17:15 | CELEBRATION OF VESPERS WITH THE BISHOPS, PRIESTS, DEACONS, CONSECRATED MEN AND WOMEN AND SEMINARIANS at Notre-Dame Cathedral |
| 21:00 | PRAYER VIGIL WITH YOUNG PEOPLE at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis |
Saturday, 26 September 2026
PARIS - LOURDES
| 09:00 | VISIT TO THE MAISON BAKHITA CENTRE FOR SOCIAL SUPPORT AND INTEGRATION |
| 10:15 | MEETING WITH MEMBERS OF THE PROVINCIAL SYNODAL ASSEMBLY, CATECHUMENS AND NEWLY BAPTIZED at the Institut Catholique de Paris |
| 15:00 | HOLY MASS at the Place de la Concorde |
| 17:45 | Departure by airplane from Paris Orly International Airport to Lourdes |
| 19:05 | Arrival at Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées International Airport |
| 19:40 | PRAYER AT THE GROTTO OF THE APPARITIONS AT MASSABIELLE at the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes |
Sunday, 27 September 2026
LOURDES
| 09:00 | MEETING WITH THE BISHOPS OF THE FRENCH EPISCOPAL CONFERENCE in the Saint Bernadette auditorium at the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes |
| 11:00 | HOLY MASS at the Prairie of the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes |
| 15:30 | MEETING WITH THE STAFF AND SICK COMMUNITY OF ACCUEIL NOTRE DAME at the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes |
| 16:45 | PRIVATE MEETING WITH THE CONTEMPLATIVE RELIGIOUS SISTERS at the Carmelite Monastery of Lourdes |
| 21:00 | PRAYER OF THE HOLY ROSARY AND TORCHLIGHT PROCESSION at the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes |
Monday, 28 September 2026
LOURDES – METZ – ROME
| 07:40 | Departure by airplane from Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées International Airport |
| 09:20 | Arrival at Metz-Nancy-Lorraine International Airport |
| 10:00 | INTERRELIGIOUS MEETING at the “Robert Schuman” Conference Centre in Metz |
| 11:00 | “TO THE ROOTS OF EUROPE FOR PEACE AND UNITY” MEETING at the “Robert Schuman” Conference Centre in Metz |
| 16:00 | HOLY MASS at the Cathedral of Saint Stephen |
| 18:30 | FAREWELL CEREMONY at Metz-Nancy-Lorraine International Airport |
| 19:00 | Departure from Metz-Nancy-Lorraine International Airport |
| 20:50 | Arrival at Rome/Fiumicino International Airport |
| Local Time | |
| Rome | +2 UTC |
| Paris | +2 UTC |
| Lourdes | +2 UTC |
| Metz | +2 UTC |
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