Detailed schedule for Pope Benedict XVI

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 18th , 2011 Rome

9.30
Leaves from Rome Ciampino airport Madrid

12:00
Arrival at Barajas international airport.
Welcoming Ceremony at Barajas airport. Speech by the Holy Father.

19:15
Crosses Puerta de Alcalá in Independencia Square with some Young people

19:30
Welcoming party of the Young people in Madrid’s Cibeles Square. Speech by the Holy Father.

FRIDAY AUGUST 19th, 2011

07:30
Holy Mass in private in the chapel of the Apostolic Nunciature, Madrid.

10:00
Courtesy visit to their Majesties the King and Queen of Spain in the Zarzuela Palace, Madrid.

                              San Lorenzo de El Escorial
11:30
Meeting with young nuns in the Patio of the Kings, Monastery of El Escorial. Greeting of the Holy Father.

12:00
Meeting with 2,000 young university professors, in the Basilica of San Lorenzo de El Escorial. Speech by the Holy Father.
                                          Madrid
13:45
Lunch with young people in the Ambassadors Lounge of the Nunciature.

17:30
Official reception with the President of Spain in the Nunciature

19:30
Vía Crucis in Cibeles Square. Speech by the Holy Father.

SATURDAY AUGUST 20th, 2011

09:00
Confession with some young people in the Buen Retiro Park, Madrid

10:00
Holy Mass with young seminarians in the Almudena Cathedral. Homily by the Holy Father.

12:45
Lunch with the Cardinals of Spain, Bishops of Madrid Province, Auxiliary Bishops of Madrid and the Papal retinue in the Cardinal’s Residence.

17:00
Meeting with the Local Organizing Committee of the XXVI WYD in the Apostolic Nunciature

19:40
Visit to the Institute Foundation of Saint Joseph, Madrid. Speech by the Holy Father.

20:30
Prayer Vigil at Cuatro Vientos aeordrome. Speech by the Holy Father.

SUNDAY AUGUST 21st, 2011

09:30
Holy Mass to close the XXVI World Youth Day at Cuatro Vientos, Madrid. Speech by the Holy Father.

Holy Angelus at Cuatro Vientos. The Holy Father will speak.

12:45
Lunch with the Cardinals of Spain and the Papal Retinue in the Apostolic Nunciature, Madrid.

17:00
Farewell from the Nunciature

17:30
Meeting with WYD volunteers in Pavillion 9 of IFEMA, the Madrid Convention Center. Speech by the Holy Father.

18:30
Official farewell Ceremony at Barajas Airport. Speech by the Holy Father.

19:00
The Holy Father’s plane takes off
Rome
21:30
The Holy Father arrives at Roma Ciampino airport

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