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PASTORAL VISIT OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS
TO
PIETRELCINA, DIOCESE OF BENEVENTO,
ON THE CENTENARY OF THE APPEARANCE OF THE STIGMATA OF SAINT PIO OF PIETRELCINA,
AND TO SAN GIOVANNI ROTONDO,
DIOCESE OF MANFREDONIA-VIESTE-SAN GIOVANNI ROTONDO,
ON THE 50th ANNIVERSARY OF THE SAINTʼS DEATH

17 MARCH 2018

 

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Saturday, 17 March 2018

7.00 Departure by helicopter from the Vatican heliport
8.00 Arrival at the parking lot "Piana Romana" of Pietrelcina
The Holy Father will be met by:
- Mons. Felice Accrocca, Archbishop of Benevento
- Domenico Masone, Mayor of Pietrelcina

Silent Prayer in the Chapel of the Stigmata
- On the Church Square: encounter with the faithful
Welcoming Address by the Archbishop of Benevento
- The Holy Father will greet the Capuchin community and a group of faithful

9.00 Departure from "Piana Romana"
9.30 Arrival at the sports field of San Giovanni Rotondo

The Holy Father will be met by:
- Mons. Michele Castoro, Archbishop of  Manfredonia-Vieste-San Giovanni Rotondo
- Costanzo Cascavilla, Mayor of San Giovanni Rotondo

10.00 Visit to the pediatric cancer ward
11.00 Square of the Church "San Pio da Pietrelcina":
Eucharistic Concelebration

At the end of the Mass: Address of Mons. Michele Castoro
The Holy Father will meet the Capuchin community and a group of faithful
12.45 Departure from the sports field of San Giovanni Rotondo
13.45 Arrival at the Vatican heliport

 

Bulletin of the Holy See Press Office, 19 December 2017
 



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