Papal Schedule
SharePope Francis made his 41st Apostolic Journey abroad to the European nation of Hungary from 28 to 30 April 2023, where followed a busy itinerary in the country's capital of Budapest.
Friday, 28 April 2023
ROME – BUDAPEST
08:10 Departure by airplane from Rome/Fiumicino International Airport to Budapest
Greeting to journalists on the flight to Budapest
10:00 Arrival at Budapest International Airport
10:00 Official welcome
11:00 Welcome Ceremony in the square of “Sándor” Palace
11:30 Courtesy Visit to the President of the Republic in “Sándor” Palace
11:55 Meeting with the Prime minister
12:20 Meeting with the Authorities, Civil Society and the Diplomatic Corps in the former Carmelite Monastery
17:00 Meeting with Bishops, Priests, Deacons, Consecrated Persons, Seminarians and Pastoral Workers in St. Stephen's Co-Cathedral
Saturday, 29 April 2023
BUDAPEST
08:45 Visit to the Children of the “Blessed László Batthyány-Strattmann” Institute
10:15 Meeting with poor people and refugees in St. Elizabeth of Hungary Church
11:30 Visit to the Greek Catholic Community in Greek Catholic Church “Protection of the Mother of God”
16:30 Meeting with young people in “Papp László Budapest Sportaréna”
18:00 Private meeting with Members of the Society of Jesus in the Apostolic Nunciature
Sunday, 30 April 2023
BUDAPEST – ROME
09:30 Holy Mass in Kossuth Lajos' Square
Regina Caeli
16:00 Meeting with the Academic and Cultural World at the Faculty of Information Technology and Bionics of the Catholic University “Péter Pázmány”
17:30 Farewell Ceremony at Budapest International Airport
18:00 Departure by airplane from Budapest International Airport to Rome
Press Conference on the return flight to Rome
19:55 Arrival at Rome/Fiumicino International Airport
