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PROGRAM OF POPE'S APOSTOLIC TRIP TO BRAZIL

VATICAN CITY, APR 12, 2007 (VIS) - The Holy See Press Office has released the
program of the Pope's forthcoming apostolic trip to Brazil, due to take place
from May 9 to 14, for the occasion of the Fifth General Conference of the
Episcopate of Latin America and the Caribbean.

The Holy Father will depart from Rome's Fiumicino airport at 9 a.m. on
Wednesday, May 9, arriving at the international airport of Sao Paulo /
Guarulhos at 4.30 p.m. The welcome ceremony will be followed by an address from
the Holy Father after which, at 5.30 p.m., he is due to fly by helicopter to
the Campo de Marte airport where he will greet the local authorities. From
there he will journey by open-top car to the monastery of Sao Bento where he
will bless the faithful and spend the night.

On Thursday, May 10, he is due to celebrate Mass privately in the chapel of the
monastery and, at around 10.30 a.m., to travel to the "Palacio dos
Bandeirantes" in Sao Paulo to pay a courtesy visit to the president of the
republic. Returning to the monastery of Sao Bento, the Holy Father will meet
with representatives from other Christian confessions and other religions
before lunching with members of the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil.
At 5.30 p.m., the Pope will travel to the "Paulo Machado de Carvalho" municipal
stadium of Pacaembu where, at 6 p.m., he will deliver an address to the young
people gathered there.

The following day, May 11, on Sao Paulo's Campo de Marte field, the Holy Father
will preside at a Mass during which he will canonize Blessed Frei Galvao. At 4
p.m. that afternoon, having bid farewell to his hosts at the monastery of Sao
Bento, he will address Brazilian bishops in the cathedral of Sao Paulo.

At 6 p.m., the Holy Father is due to depart by helicopter from Campo de Marte
airport and fly to Aparecida, arriving at 7 p.m.. Having greeted the local
authorities there, he will travel to the Bom Jesus seminary to spend the night.

On Saturday, May 12, having celebrated Mass privately in the seminary chapel,
the Pope will travel by car to the Fazenda da Esperanca in Guaratingueta, where
he will visit the church and meet the community living there. Returning to the
Bom Jesus seminary, the Pope will lunch with representatives of the Fifth
General Conference of the Episcopate of Latin America and the Caribbean. That
afternoon he is due to go by car to the shrine of Aparecida where, having
prayed the Rosary in the basilica, he will meet with priests, religious,
seminarians and deacons.

On Sunday, May 13, the Pope will be taken in an open-top vehicle from the Bom
Jesus seminary to the shrine of Aparecida where he will celebrate Mass to
inaugurate the Fifth General Conference of the Episcopate of Latin America and
the Caribbean, and pray the Regina Coeli. That afternoon he is to pronounce an
address during the opening session of the conference. At 6.50 p.m., having bid
farewell to the staff and students of the Bom Jesus seminary, he will travel by
helicopter from Apaercida to the international airport of Sao Paulo / Guarulhos
where he will greet the authorities and deliver a talk before boarding his
aircraft for Rome, where he is due to arrive at 12.45 p.m. on May 14.
BXVI-PROGRAM/BRAZIL VISIT/...VIS 070412 (580)

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