Press Release
Wednesday 3 October 2019, at 15.00 hrs.
At Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Thailand (CBCT), # 10th Floor
APOSTOLIC JOURNEY OF HIS HOLINESS FRANCIS
to THAILAND
19-23 NOVEMBER 2019
| Tuesday 19 November 2019
ROME-BANGKOK |
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| 19:00 | Departure by plane from Rome Fiumicino Airport for Bangkok | |
| Wednesday 20 November 2019
ROME-BANGKOK |
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| 12:30 | Arrival at Military Air Terminal 2 of Bangkok | |
| OFFICIAL WELCOME at Military Air Terminal 2 of Bangkok | ||
| Thursday 21 November 2019
BANGKOK |
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| WELCOME CEREMONY in the Government House courtyard | ||
| MEETING WITH THE PRIME MINISTER in the “Inner Ivory Room” of the Government House | ||
| MEETING WITH AUTHORITIES, CIVIL SOCIETY AND THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS in the “Inner Santi Maitri” Hall of the Government House | Speech of the Holy Father | |
| VISIT TO THE SUPREME BUDDHIST PATRIARCH at Wat Ratchabophit Sathit Maha Simaram Temple | Greeting of the Holy Father | |
| MEETING WITH THE MEDICAL STAFF OF ST. LOUIS HOSPITAL | Greeting of the Holy Father | |
| PRIVATE VISIT TO INFIRM AND DISABLED PEOPLE at St. Louis Hospital | ||
| Lunch at the Apostolic Nunciature | ||
| PRIVATE VISIT TO HIS MAJESTY THE KING MAHA VAJIRALONGKORN “RAMA X” at Amphorn Royal Palace | ||
| HOLY MASS in the National Stadium | Homily of the Holy Father | |
| Friday 22 November 2019
BANGKOK |
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| MEETING WITH PRIESTS, RELIGIOUS, SEMINARIANS AND CATECHISTS in St Peter’s Parish | Speech of the Holy Father | |
| MEETING WITH THE BISHOPS OF THAILAND AND FABC at the Blessed Nicholas Boonkerd Kitbamrung Shrine | Speech of the Holy Father | |
| Private meeting with the Members of the Society of Jesus in a hall close to the Shrine | ||
| Lunch at the Apostolic Nunciature | ||
| MEETING WITH THE LEADERS OF THE CHRISTIAN DENOMINATIONS AND OTHER RELIGIONS at Chulalongkorn University | Speech of the Holy Father | |
| HOLY MASS WITH YOUNG PEOPLE in the Cathedral of the Assumption | Homily of the Holy Father | |
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Saturday 23 November 2019 BANGKOK-TOKYO |
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| FAREWELL CEREMONY at Military Air Terminal 2 of Bangkok | ||
| 09:30 | Departure by plane for Tokyo | |
| 17:40 | Arrival at Tokyo-Haneda Airport | |
| WELCOME CEREMONY at Tokyo-Haneda Airport | ||