Vatican releases final schedule of Papal visit

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The Schedule for the 2015 Apostolic Voyage of Pope Francis to Sri Lanka was released by the Vatican yesterday, Vatican Radio reported. Pope Francis will leave Rome on January 12, and return on January 19. Archbishop Socrates Villegas, President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines, said at a press conference in Manila that Pope Francis is bringing the “joy of Gospel personally, to us, on the five special days in January that we have officially announced”. But the bishops reiterated that the Papal visit “carries a message of pastoral love, mercy and compassion” and it is “through the understanding and living out of this message that the grace will flow” [caption id="attachment_67563" align="alignnone" width="500"] Workers clean the interior of a newly-built church in Madhu, ahead of a visit by Pope Francis to Sri Lanka. AFP[/caption]

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Christians attend Sunday Mass at The Our Lady of Madhu church in Madhu. A small church nestled in a Sri Lankan wildlife reserve was on the frontline of the island's decades-long civil war, but is now preparing for the first ever papal visit seen as a beacon of harmony. AFP[/caption]

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Christian buys a souvenir flag ahead of Pope Francis' visit in Madhu[/caption]

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Christian offers prayers at The Our Lady of Madhu church in Madhu.[/caption]

The Apostolic Voyage of Pope Francis to Sri Lanka (12-15 January 2015) Program

Monday 12 January 2015

19:00 Departure from Rome’s Fiumicino Airport for Colombo

Tuesday 13 January 2015

09:00 Arrival at the International Airport in Colombo

Welcoming Ceremony (Speech by Pope Francis)

13:15 SPEECH TO THE BISHOPS OF SRI LANKA

At the Archdiocese of Colombo

17:00 COURTESY VISIT TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC

At the Presidential Residence

18:15 INTERRELIGIOUS MEETING at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall

(Speech by Pope Francis)

Wednesday 14 January 2015

08:30 Holy Mass and Canonization of Blessed Joseph Vaz at Galle Face Green in Colombo

(Homily by Pope Francis)

14:00 Transfer by helicopter to Madhu

15:30 MARIAN PRAYER at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Rosary at Madhu

(Speech by Pope Francis)

16:45 Transfer by Helicopter to Colombo

Thursday 15 January 2015

08:15 Visit to the Chapel “Our Lady of Lanka” at Bolawalana

08:45 Departure Ceremony from the International Airport of Colombo

09:00 Departure by plane from Colombo to Manila

(Vatican Radio)

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