Pastoral Visit of the Holy Father to Pietrelcina and San Giovanni Rotondo, 17 March 2018

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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

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