Pope Francis is scheduled to visit Chile and Peru January 15-21. The following is the schedule for the Pope's trip as updated on December 11 by the Vatican. Times listed are local: Monday, January 15 (Rome, Santiago) -- 8 a.m. Departure from Rome's Fiumicino airport. -- 8:10 p.m. Arrival at Santiago International Airport. Welcoming ceremony. -- 9 p.m. Arrival at the apostolic nunciature. Tuesday, January 16 (Santiago) -- 8:20 a.m. Meeting with government authorities, members of civil society and the diplomatic corps at La Moneda presidential palace. Speech by Pope. -- 9 a.m. Courtesy visit to Michelle Bachelet, president of the republic, at the presidential palace. -- 10:30 a.m. Mass at O'Higgins Park. Homily by Pope. -- 4 p.m. Brief visit to the women's prison center in Santiago. Greeting by Pope. -- 5:15 p.m. Meeting with priests, men and women religious, seminarians and novices at the cathedral of Santiago. Speech by Pope. -- 6:15 p.m. Meeting with Chile's bishops in the cathedral's sacristy. -- 7:15 p.m. Visit to the shrine of St. Alberto Hurtado. Private meeting with Jesuit priests. Wednesday, January 17 (Santiago, Temuco, Santiago) -- 8 a.m. Departure by plane for Temuco. -- 10:30 a.m. Mass at Maquehue Airport. Homily by Pope. -- 12:45 p.m. Lunch with indigenous residents of the Araucania region in the "Madre de la Santa Cruz" house. -- 3:30 p.m. Departure by plane for Santiago. -- 5 p.m. Arrival in Santiago. -- 5:30 p.m. Meeting with young people at the Shrine of Maipu. Speech by Pope. -- 7 p.m. Visit to the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. Speech by Pope. Thursday, January 18 (Santiago, Iquique, Lima) -- 8:05 a.m. Departure by plane for Iquique. -- 10:35 a.m. Arrival at Iquique International Airport. -- 11:30 a.m. Mass at Lobito beach. Homily by Pope. -- 2 p.m. Lunch at the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes retreat house. -- 4:45 p.m. Departure ceremony at the Iquique international airport. -- 5:05 p.m. Departure by plane for Lima. -- 5:20 p.m. Arrival at the Jorge Chavez International Airport in Lima. Welcoming ceremony. Friday, January 19 (Lima, Puerto Maldonado, Lima) -- 8:30 a.m. Departure by plane for Puerto Maldonado. -- 10:15 a.m. Arrival at Puerto Maldonado airport. -- 10:30 a.m. Meeting with people of the Amazon at "Madre de Dios" stadium. Speech by Pope. -- 11:30 a.m. Meeting with the people at the Jorge Basadre Institute. Greeting by Pope. -- 12:15 p.m. Visit to the "Hogar Principito" children's home. Greeting by Pope. -- 1:15 p.m. Lunch with representatives of people of the Amazon at the Apaktone Pastoral Center. -- 2:35 p.m. Departure by plane for Lima. -- 4:10 p.m. Arrival at the Lima airport. -- 4:20 p.m. Visit to the air base chapel. -- 4:45 p.m. Meeting with government authorities, members of civil society and the diplomatic corps in the courtyard of the presidential palace. Speech by Pope. -- 5:15 p.m. Courtesy visit to Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, president of the republic, in the Ambassadors Room of the presidential palace. -- 5:55 p.m. Private meeting with Jesuits at St. Peter's Church. Saturday, January 20 (Lima, Trujillo, Lima) -- 7:40 a.m. Departure by plane for Trujillo. -- 9:10 a.m. Arrival in Trujillo. -- 10 a.m. Mass at Huanchaco beach. Homily by Pope. -- 12:15 p.m. Tour of the Buenos Aires neighbourhood in popemobile. -- 3 p.m. Brief visit to the city's cathedral. -- 3:30 p.m. Meeting with priests, men and women religious, seminarians and novices of northern Peru at Sts. Carlos and Marcelo College Seminary. Speech by Pope. -- 4:45 p.m. Marian celebration of Our Lady of La Puerta at Plaza de Armas. Speech by Pope. -- 6:15 p.m. Departure by plane for Lima. -- 7:40 p.m. Arrival in Lima. Sunday, January 21 (Lima) -- 9:15 a.m. Mid-morning prayer with contemplative nuns at the Shrine of Our Lord of the Miracles. Homily by Pope. -- 10:30 a.m. Prayer before the relics of Peruvian saints in the city's cathedral. -- 10:50 a.m. Meeting with Peru's bishops in the archbishop's residence. Speech by Pope. -- Noon. Recitation of the Angelus at Plaza de Armas. -- 12:30 p.m. Lunch at the apostolic nunciature. -- 4:15 p.m. Mass at Las Palmas Air Base. Homily by Pope. -- 6:30 p.m. Departure ceremony at Jorge Chavez International Airport. -- 6:45 p.m. Departure by plane for Rome. Monday, January 22 -- 2:15 p.m. Arrival at Rome's Ciampino airport.
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IN FULL: Pope Francis's schedule for Chile and Peru trip
Pope Francis will arrive in Chile on January 15 and Peru on January 18
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