PRESS RELEASE
APOSTOLIC JOURNEY OF HIS HOLINESS FRANCIS
to THAILAND
19-23 NOVEMBER 2019

Tuesday 19 November 2019

ROME – BANGKOK

19:00             Departure by plane from Rome Fiumicino Airport for Bangkok

Wednesday 20 November 2019

ROME – BANGKOK

12:30             Arrival at Military Air Terminal 2 of Bangkok

12:30             OFFICIAL WELCOME at Military Air Terminal 2 of Bangkok

Thursday 21 November 2019

BANGKOK

09:00             WELCOME CEREMONY in the Government House courtyard

09:15             MEETING WITH THE PRIME MINISTER in the “Inner Ivory Room” of the Government House

09:30             MEETING WITH AUTHORITIES, CIVIL SOCIETY AND THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS in the “Inner Santi Maitri” Hall                          of the Government House

                      Speech of the Holy Father

10:00             VISIT TO THE SUPREME BUDDHIST PATRIARCH at Wat Ratchabophit Sathit Maha Simaram Temple          
                      Greeting of the Holy Father

11:15             MEETING WITH THE MEDICAL STAFF OF ST. LOUIS HOSPITAL

                      Greeting of the Holy Father

12:00             PRIVATE VISIT TO INFIRM AND DISABLED PEOPLE at St. Louis Hospital Lunch at the Apostolic Nunciature

16:55             PRIVATE VISIT TO HIS MAJESTY THE KING MAHA VAJIRALONGKORN “RAMA X” at Amphorn Royal Palace

18:00             HOLY MASS in the National Stadium     

                      Homily of the Holy Father

Friday 22 November 2019

BANGKOK  

10:00             MEETING WITH PRIESTS, RELIGIOUS, SEMINARIANS AND CATECHISTS in St Peter’s Parish

                      Speech of the Holy Father

11:00             MEETING WITH THE BISHOPS OF THAILAND AND FABC at the Blessed Nicholas Boonkerd Kitbamrung Shrine

                      Speech of the Holy Father

11:50             PRIVATE MEETING WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY OF JESUS in a hall close to the Shrine Lunch at the                          Apostolic Nunciature

15:20             MEETING WITH THE LEADERS OF THE CHRISTIAN DENOMINATIONS AND OTHER RELIGIONS at                                              Chulalongkorn University
                      Speech of the Holy Father

17:00             HOLY MASS WITH YOUNG PEOPLE at Assumption Cathedral

                      Homily of the Holy Father

Saturday 23 November 2019

BANGKOK-TOKYO

09:15              FAREWELL CEREMONY at Military Air Terminal 2 of Bangkok

09:30              Departure by plane for Tokyo

17:40              Arrival at Tokyo-Haneda Airport

17:40              WELCOME CEREMONY at Tokyo-Haneda Airport