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VATICAN UPDATES PAPAL ITINERARY FOR MEXICO VISIT

By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service     2/15/2016

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Here is the updated schedule as released by the Vatican. Times listed are local, with Eastern Standard Time in parenthesis when it is different from local time:

Monday, Feb. 15 (Mexico City, Tuxtla Gutierrez, San Cristobal de Las Casas, Mexico City)

  • 7:30 a.m. (8:30 a.m.) Departure by plane for Tuxtla Gutierrez.
  • 9:15 a.m. (10:15 a.m.) Transfer by helicopter to San Cristobal de Las Casas.
  • 10:15 a.m. (11:15 a.m.) Mass at the city’s sports center with the indigenous community from Chiapas. Homily by pope.
  • 1 p.m. (2 p.m.) Lunch with representatives of the indigenous community and the papal entourage.
  • 3 p.m. (4 p.m.) Visit to the cathedral of San Cristobal de Las Casas.
  • 3:35 p.m. (4:35 p.m.) Transfer by helicopter to Tuxtla Gutierrez.
  • 4:15 p.m. (5:15 p.m.) Meeting with families at the Victor Manuel Reyna Stadium at Tuxtla Gutierrez. Speech by pope.
  • 6:10 p.m. (7:10 p.m.) Departure by plane for Mexico City.
  • 8 p.m. (9 p.m.) Arrival at the Mexico City airport.

 

Tuesday, Feb. 16 (Mexico City, Morelia, Mexico City)

  • 7:50 a.m. (8:50 a.m.) Departure by airplane for Morelia.
  • 10 a.m. (11 a.m.) Mass with priests, seminarians, religious men and women, and consecrated persons. Homily by pope.
  • 3:20 p.m. (4:20 p.m.) Visit to the city’s cathedral.
  • 4:30 p.m. (5:30 p.m.) Meeting with young people at the Jose Maria Morelos Pavon Stadium. Speech by pope.
  • 6:30 p.m. (7:30 p.m.) Departure by plane for Mexico City.
  • 7:35 p.m. (8:35 p.m.) Arrival in Mexico City.

 

Wednesday, Feb. 17 (Mexico City, Ciudad Juarez)

  • 8:35 a.m. (9:35 a.m.) Departure by plane for Ciudad Juarez.
  • 10 a.m. (12 p.m.) Arrival at Abraham Gonzalez International Airport in Ciudad Juarez.
  • 10:30 a.m. (12:30 p.m.) Visit to Cereso prison. Speech by pope.
  • 12 p.m. (2 p.m.) Meeting with workers and employers at the Colegio de Bachilleres of the Mexican state of Chihuahua. Speech by pope.
  • 4 p.m. (6 p.m.) Mass at the fairgrounds of Ciudad Juarez. Homily and greeting by pope.
  • 7 p.m. (9 p.m.) Departure ceremony at the Ciudad Juarez International Airport.
  • 7:15 p.m. (9:15 p.m.) Departure by plane for Rome.

 

Thursday, Feb. 18 (Rome)

  • 2:45 p.m. (8:45 a.m.) Arrival at Rome’s Ciampino Airport.