By Communications Department - Archdiocese of Miami
HAVANA - Following is Pope Francis' schedule during his Sept. 19-22 apostolic visit to Cuba, as released by the Vatican June 30.
Sept. 19 - Rome, Havana
- 10:15a.m. - Departure from Rome’s Fiumicino airport for Havana
- 4:05 p.m. - Arrival ceremony at Havana’s Jose Marti International Airport
Sept. 20 - Havana
- 9 a.m. - Mass in Havana’s Revolution Square. Recitation of the Angelus
- 4 p.m. - Courtesy visit with Cuba’s President Raul Castro in Havana’s Palace of the Revolution
- 5:15 p.m. - Celebration of vespers with priests, religious and seminarians in Havana’s cathedral
- 6:30 p.m. - Greeting to young people at the Father Felix Varela cultural center in Havana.
Sept. 21 - Havana, Holguin, Santiago de Cuba, El Cobre
- 8 a.m. - Departure by air for Holguin, Cuba
- 9:20 a.m. - Arrival at Holguin’s Frank Pais International Airport
- 10:30 a.m. - Mass in Holguin’s Revolution Square
- 3:45 p.m. - Blessing of the city of Holguin from Cross Hill (Loma de la Cruz)
- 4:40 p.m. - Departure by air for Santiago de Cuba
- 5:30 p.m. - Arrival at Santiago de Cuba’s Antonio Maceo International Airport
- 7 p.m. - Meeting with bishops at the seminary of St. Basil the Great in El Cobre
- 7:45 p.m. - Prayer to Our Lady of Charity with bishops and the papal entourage in the Minor Basilica of the Shrine of Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre
Sept. 22 - El Cobre, Santiago de Cuba, Washington, DC
- 8 a.m. - Mass in the Minor Basilica of the Shrine of Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre
- 11 a.m. - Meeting with families in the Cathedral of Our Lady of Assumption in Santiago de Cuba. Blessing of the city from the outside of the cathedral
- 12:15 p.m. - Farewell ceremony at Santiago de Cuba’s International Airport
- 12:30 p.m. Departure for Washington, United States
