Pope Leo XIV, apostolic journey to Peru: the program and stages

According to the official program released by the Vatican Press Office, the Pope is expected at 5.30pm local time (11.30pm Italian time) at the Callao air base, where he visits the federal penitentiary and celebrates mass. After the official welcome, there will be a welcome ceremony in the Palacio de Gobierno in Lima and then a bilateral meeting with the President of the Republic, Keiko Fujimori. This is the first meeting with Fujimori after taking office on July 28th. Prevost's first day in Peru ends at 7.45pm with a visit to the Gran Teatro Nacional in the capital and a greeting to the authorities, civil society and the diplomatic corps.

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Tomorrow's agenda, November 12th

Tomorrow, Thursday 12 November, Pope Leo XIV will continue his apostolic visit to Lima with a day dedicated to the religious world and young people. In the morning there is a meeting with the Peruvian bishops in the chapel of the Archbishop's Palace and the celebration of midday in the Cathedral Basilica of Saint John the Apostle and Evangelist. Challenges and hopes of the Peruvian people are the themes at the center of the public meeting that the pontiff will hold in the square in front of the cathedral. The first crowd is expected starting at 6pm for the prayer vigil with young people and university students at the National Stadium. This will be followed by dinner with the bishops in the apostolic nunciature.

Arrival in Chiclayo on November 13th

On Friday 13 November, Pope Leo Particularly eagerly awaited are the meetings scheduled with bishops, priests and seminarians at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Peace and, subsequently, with the university world at the Catholic university Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo also in Chiclayo.

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The other appointments

On Saturday 14 November, Pope Leo will attend the coronation rite of the Immaculate Virgin in the Cathedral of Santa Maria in Chiclayo. After a short stop in Santa Cruz de Succhabamba for the celebration of mass, in the afternoon he will return to Chiclayo for prayer with the Catholic community on the occasion of the closing of the jubilee year of Santo Toribio de Mogrevejo. Arrival in Cusco is on the agenda for Sunday 15 November, the ancient historical capital located in the center of the country, a UNESCO world heritage site, not far from the archaeological site of Machu Picchu. The Pope will recite the Angelus in the square in front of the Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Another awaited step is the meeting, on the afternoon of the 15th, with missionaries and representatives of the Amazonian peoples at the Malecón in Puerto Callao, near Pucallpa. On the morning of Monday 15 November the official program ends with a visit to the operators and patients of the "Hermanitas de los Ancianos Desamparados" shelter in Lima. After mass at the Las Palmas air base, Leone will take leave of Peru at 1.45pm. Arrival in Rome on the morning of the 17th.

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