www.visitadopapa.org.br/ 
www.celam.info/
APOSTOLIC VOYAGE
OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI
TO BRAZIL
May 9-14, 2007
ON THE OCCASION OF
THE V GENERAL CONFERENCE OF
LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN BISHOPS
P R O G R A M
I T A L Y
Wednesday, May 9
Fiumicino (Rome)
09.00 Departure from Leonardo da Vinci international airport
for São Paulo/Guarulhos.
B R A Z I L
Guarulhos (São Paulo)
16.30 Arrival at the international airport of São Paulo/Guarulhos.
WELCOME CEREMONIES
- Address by the Holy Father
17.30 Transfer by helicopter from São Paulo/Guarulhos
to the airport of Campo di Marte [old airport of São Paulo].
18.00 Arrival at Campo de Marte.
Greetings from local officials.
18.10 Travel by Popemobile
to the Monastery of St. Benedict in central São Paulo.
18.45 Arrival at the Monastery,
where he will be staying till May 11.
- Greeting and blessing the faithful
from the balcony of the Monastery.
Thursday, May 10
08.00 Holy Mass, private, at the chapel of the Monastery.
10.30 Travel by car to the Palacio dos Bandeirantes.
11.00 COURTESY VISIT TO THE PRESIDENT OF BRAZIL
at Palacio dos Bandeirantes.
12.00 Travel by car back to the Monastery.
12.30 Arrival at the Monastery.
Meeting with representatives of
other Christian confessions and religions.
13.15 Lunch at the Monastery with the Presidium
of the Brazilian episcopal conference
and members of the papal entourage.
17.30 TraveL by car from the Monastery
to the municipal stadium of Pacaembu i
n the center of the city.
17.50 Arrival at Pacaembu stadium
18.00 MEETING WITH THE YOUTH at Pacaembu stadium
- Address by the Holy Father.
20.00 Travel by car from Pacaembu
back to the Monastery.
20.30 Arrival at the Monastery.
Friday, May 11
08.30 Travel by car from the Monastery to Campo de Marte.
09.00 Arrival at Campo de Marte.
Tour by Popemobile among the faithful assembled for Mass.
09.15 Arrive at the Sacristy set up under the altar
built for the Mass.
09.30 HOLY MASS
AND CANONIZATION RITES OF BLESSED FREI GALVÃO
- Homily.
11.45 Return to Sacristy.
12.00 Travel by car from Campo de Marte
back to the Monastery.
12.15 Arrive at the Monastery.
15.40 The Pope takes his leave from the Monastery.
15.45 Travel by Popemobile
to the Cathedral of Sé in São Paulo.
16.00 MEETING WITH THE BISHOPS OF BRAZIL at the Cathedral
- Address by the Holy Father.
17.15 Travel by Popemobile
from the Cahedral to Campo de Marte
17.45 Arrival at Campo de Marte airport.
Send-off by local officials.
18.00 Departure by helicopter for Aparecida.
Aparecida
19.00 Arrival at the heliport of
the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Aparecida
Greeting by local officials.
Travel by Popemobile to the "Bom Jesús" Seminary
where he will be staying in Aparecida.
19.30 Arrival at the Seminary
Saturday, May 12
08.00 Holy Mass, private, at the chapel of the Seminary.
09.30 Travel by car from the Seminary
to the Fazenda da Esperança in Guaratinguetá,
the city of which Apareida was once part.
Guaratinguetá
10.30 Arrival at the alla Fazenda da Esperança,
a national rehabilitation center for drug addicts.
VISIT TO THE CHURCH OF THE FAZENDA
- Greeting by the Holy Father.
10.45 MEETING WITH THE COMMUNITY of the Fazenda
- Address by the Holy Father
11.45 Travel by car from Guaratingueta
back to the Seminary in Aparecida.
Aparecida
12.45 Arrival at the Bom Jesús Seminary.
Lunch with the Presidium of the V General Conference of CELAM
and members of the papal entourage, at the Seminary.
17.45 Travel by Popemobile from the Seminary
to the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Aparecida.
18.00 Arrival at the Sanctuary.
RECITAL OF THE HOLY ROSARY
MEETING WITH PRIESTS, RELIGIOUS, SEMINARIANS
AND DEACONS of Brazil, in the Basilica.
19.30 Travel by car back to the Seminary.
19.45 Arrival at the Seminary.
Sunday, May 13
09.15 Travel by Popemobile to the Sanctuary of Aparecida.
09.30 Arrival at the Sanctuary.
Tour by Popemboile among the faithful assembled for Mass.
09.45 Arrival at the Sacristy set up next to the altar
in front of the main entrance to the Sanctuary.
10.00 HOLY MASS to inaugurate the V General Conference
of Latin American and Caribbean Bishops,
on the esplanade in front of the Basilica.
- Homily
RECITAL OF THE 'REGINA COELI'
- Words by the Holy Father
12.15 Return to the Sacristy.
12.30 Travel by car back to the Seminary.
12.45 Arrival at the Seminary.
15.45 Travel by car from the Seminary
to the Conference Center of the Sanctuary.
16.00 Arrival at the Conference Center.
INAUGURAL WORKING SESSION OF
THE V GENERAL CONFERENCE OF
LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN BISHOPS
- Address by the Holy Father
17.30 Travel by car from the Cofnernce Center
back to the Seminary.
17.40 Arrival at the Seminary.
18.20 The Pope takes his leave from the Bom Jesús Seminary.
18.30 Travel by car from the Seminary
to the heliport of the Sanctuary.
18.40 Arrival at the heliport.
Send-off by local officials.
18.50 Departure by helicopter
for the international airport of São Paulo/Guarulhos.
Guarulhos (São Paulo)
19.40 Arrival at the international airport.
DEPARTURE CEREMONIES
- Address by the Holy Father.
20.15 Departure for Rome (Ciampino).
Monday, May 14
I T A L Y
12.45 Arrival at Rome/Ciampino airport.
Time differences:
ROME: GMT +2.
São Paulo e Aparecida: GMT -3
A map of Brazil, locating it on the South American continent.
Below, a map showing the state of Sao Paolo and rhe relative
locations of the city of Sao Paolo, Aparecida, Guaratingueta
and Rio de Janeiro, going north-northeast from Sao Paolo.
Aparecida, site of the Sanctuary of Our Lady Aparecida,
Patroness of Brazil, is hosting the fifth general conference
of the bishops of Latin America and the Caribbean, which Pope
Benedict will open on May 13. It is 168 km northeast of São
Paolo and 240 km southwest of Rio de Janeiro, along the inland
highway that connects Brazil's two mega-cities.
There are current two official websites about the Pope's visit scheduled for May 9-13.
First, the website of the Bishops Conference of Latin America and the Caribbean
(CELAM, from the acronym of its Spanish name)
www.celam.info/
with the following banner and logo
And then, a site opened by the Archdiocese of Sao Paolo which is hosting the Pope
for his first three days in Brazil,
www.visitadopapa.org.br/
with the following banner:
Both sites are so far only unilingual - the bishops' site is in Spanish because as huge
as Brazil is, Spanish is the language of the rest of Latin America, and the Sao Paolo site
is, of course, in Portuguese. It would really be more user-friendly to the rest
of the world if they had an English section.
Other sites are:
The main CELAM site (Spanish)-
www.celam.org/
The Brazilian bishops conference (Portuguese) -
www.cnbb.org.br/
The main site of the Archdiocese of Sao Paolo (Portuguese):
www.arquidiocesedesaopaulo.org.br/
The Benedictine monastery in Sao Paolo (Portuguese):
www.mosteiro.org.br/
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