Accepting the invitation of the civil and ecclesial Authorities, His Holiness Pope Francis will make an Apostolic Journey to Hungarry from 28 to 30 April this year, visiting the city of Budapest.
Budapest, 27th February 2023
All of us, Hungarian Catholics, were delighted to learn that the Holy Father, Pope Francis, will make a pastoral visit to Hungary during the Easter period between 28 and 30 April. The Pope’s apostolic journey is a very important event not only for Catholics, but for all Hungarians, both within and beyond our borders. Due to the age of the Holy Father, the meetings will take place in Budapest, and we cordially invite and welcome everyone from Hungary and the surrounding countries, especially to the Holy Mass on Sunday. Let us prepare to meet the Holy Father with a prayerful spirit and bear witness to the fact that Christ is our future.
Budapest, 27th February 2023
Bishop András Veres,
President of the Hungarian Catholic Bishops’ Conference
and the Permanent Council of the HCBC
The program of the apostolic visit
APOSTOLIC JOURNEY OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS
to HUNGARY
28 - 30 APRIL 2023
Friday, 28 April 2023
ROME – BUDAPEST
08:10 Departure by airplane from Rome/Fiumicino International Airport to Budapest
10:00 Arrival at Budapest International Airport
10:00 OFFICIAL WELCOME
11:00 WELCOME CEREMONY in the square of “Sándor” Palace
11:30 COURTESY VISIT TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC in “Sándor” Palace
11:55 MEETING WITH THE PRIME MINISTER
12:20 MEETING WITH THE AUTHORITIES, CIVIL SOCIETY AND THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS in the former Carmelite Monastery Address of the Holy Father
17:00 MEETING WITH BISHOPS, PRIESTS, DEACONS, CONSECRATED PERSONS, SEMINARIANS AND PASTORAL WORKERS in St. Stephen's Co-Cathedral Address of the Holy Father
Saturday, 29 April 2023
BUDAPEST
08:45 PRIVATE VISIT TO THE CHILDREN OF THE “BLESSED LÁSZLÓ BATTHYÁNY-STRATTMANN” INSTITUTE
10:15 MEETING WITH POOR PEOPLE AND REFUGEES in St. Elizabeth of Hungary Church Address of the Holy Father
16:30 MEETING WITH YOUNG PEOPLE in “Papp László Budapest Sportaréna” Address of the Holy Father
18:00 PRIVATE MEETING WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY OF JESUS in the Apostolic Nunciature
Sunday, 30 April 2023
BUDAPEST – ROME
09:30 HOLY MASS in Kossuth Lajos' Square Homily of the Holy Father
Regina Caeli
16:00 MEETING WITH THE ACADEMIC AND CULTURAL WORLD at the Faculty of Information Technology and Bionics of the Catholic University “Péter Pázmány” Address of the Holy Father
17:30 FAREWELL CEREMONY at Budapest International Airport
18:00 Departure by airplane from Budapest International Airport to Rome
19:55 Arrival at Rome/Fiumicino International Airport