Papal Schedule

Friday, 5 March 2021

ROME - BAGHDAD          

7:30       Departure by plane from Rome/Fiumicino International Airport for Baghdad
14:00     Arrival at Baghdad International Airport
14:00     Official welcome at Baghdad International Airport
14:10     Meeting with the Prime Minister  in the VIP Hall of Baghdad International Airport
15:00     Official welcome ceremony  at the Presidential Palace in Baghdad
15:15     Courtesy visit to the President of the Republic in the private office of the Presidential Palace in Baghdad
15:45     Meeting with Authorities, Civil Society and the Diplomatic Corps in the hall of the Presidential Palace in Baghdad
16:40     Meeting with Bishops, Priests, Religious, Consecrated Persons, Seminarians, Catechists at the Syro-Catholic Cathedral of “Our Lady of Salvation” in Baghdad

 
Saturday, 6 March 2021

BAGHDAD - NAJAF - UR - BAGDHAD

7:45       Departure by plane for Najaf
8:30       Arrival at Najaf Airport
9:00       Courtesy visit to Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Al-Husayni Al-Sistani  in Najaf
10:00     Departure by plane for Nassiriya 
10:50     Arrival at Nassiriya Airport
11:10     Interreligious meeting at the Plain of Ur
12:30     Departure by plane for Baghdad 
13:20     Arrival at Baghdad International Airport
18:00     Holy Mass at the Chaldean Cathedral of “Saint Joseph” in Baghdad

 
Sunday, 7 March 2021

BAGHDAD - ERBIL - MOSUL - QARAQOSH - ERBIL - BAGHDAD

7:15       Departure by plane for Erbil
8:20       Arrival at Erbil Airport
8:20       Welcome by the President of the Autonomous Region of Iraqi Kurdistan and the Religious and Civil Authorities at the Erbil Airport 
8:30       Meeting the President and the Prime Minister of the Autonomous Region at the Presidential VIP Lounge of Erbil Airport 
9:00       Departure by helicopter for Mosul
9:35       Arrival at the landing area in Mosul
10:00     Prayer of Suffrage for the Victims of the War at Hosh al-Bieaa (Church square) in Mosul
10:55     Departure by helicopter for Qaraqosh 
11:10     Arrival at the landing area in Qaraqosh
11:30     Visit to the Qaraqosh Community at the Church of “Immaculate Conception” in Qaraqosh
12:15     Transfer to Erbil
16:00     Holy Mass at the “Franso Hariri” Stadium in Erbil
18:10     Departure by plane for Baghdad
19:15     Arrival at Baghdad International Airport

 
Monday, 8 March 2021

BAGHDAD - ROME

9:20       Farewell ceremony  at Baghdad International Airport
9:40       Departure by plane for Rome     
12:55     Arrival at Rome/Ciampino International Airporto