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Franciscan Brother in Lebanon: God does not give permission to kill
March 16, 2026 - 10:01amBrother Tony Choukri, Guardian of the Franciscan Monastery of St. Joseph in Beirut, tells Vatican News about life under war and calls for peace, emphasising that “human beings are not an object, and death is neither a path nor a tool to change strategies, demography, or borders.”
Synod releases Report on Mission in the Digital Environment
March 16, 2026 - 9:07amA final report from Study Group 3 of the Synod of Bishops underscores the need for the Church to engage the digital environment as a vital space for evangelization, dialogue, and pastoral accompaniment.
Heavy overnight bombing reported in Tehran
March 16, 2026 - 9:04amThe Israeli military said Monday it launched a “wide-scale” series of strikes on targets in Iran, escalating a conflict now entering its third week.
Vatican releases mottos and logos for Pope's Apostolic Journey to Africa
March 16, 2026 - 8:23amThe Holy See Press Office releases the logos and mottos for Pope Leo XIV's Apostolic Journey to Africa, on the same day as the official programme is released for his visits to Algeria, Cameroon, Angola, and Equatorial Guinea.
Pope Leo speaks by phone with Palestinian President Abbas
March 16, 2026 - 7:26amThe Holy See Press Office informs journalists that Pope Leo XIV received a call from Mahmoud Abbas, President of the State of Palestine, regarding recent developments in the Middle East conflict.
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Bible Study
March 15, 2026 - 3:50pmSignup: Lenten Bible Study: Lazarus and Preparing for Easter Join us at the Cathedral Basilica for an evening of prayer and reflection with Brother Benedict Gregory Johnson, OP , a Dominican friar. Brother Benedict will be...Bilble Study
March 12, 2026 - 2:01pmSignup: Lenten Bible Study: Lazarus and Preparing for Easter Join us at the Cathedral Basilica for an evening of prayer and reflection with Brother Benedict Gregory Johnson, OP , a Dominican friar. Brother Benedict will be...Weekly Update
March 6, 2026 - 3:25pmSchedule for March 7-8 Saturday, March 7 7:00 am Cathedral Open for Private Prayer and Devotion 8:00 am Mass 1:00 pm Archbishop's Lenten Afternoon of Reflection 3:30 - 4:15 pm Holy Hour - concluding with Evening Prayer and...Ash Wednesday - Schedule of Masses
February 15, 2026 - 2:00pmAsh Wednesday Schedule of Masses Wednesday, February 18, 2026 7:00 am Mass 8:00 am Mass 12:05 pm Mass 5:30 pm Mass Archbishop's Afternoon of Recollection Parishioners, their guests, and all throughout the Archdiocese are...Weekly Update
February 13, 2026 - 2:01pmSchedule for February 14-15 Saturday, February 14 7:00 am Cathedral Open for Private Prayer and Devotion 8:00 am Mass 11:00 am Wedding 3:30 - 4:30 pm Holy Hour - concluding with Evening Prayer and Benediction 3:30 pm – 5:00...
National Catholic Register
Catholic Ethicists File Amicus Brief Backing Anthropic in Pentagon Dispute
March 16, 2026 - 4:42pm
VanderWolf Images
A U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle arrives at Leeuwarden Air Base during the Ramstein Flag exercise in Leeuwarden, the Netherlands, April 10, 2025.
Catholic moral theologians say Church teaching supports Anthropic’s refusal to allow its AI systems to be used for mass surveillance or autonomous weapons.
‘Beautiful Chaos of a Mother’s Heart’: At Oscars, Irish Actress Praises Marriage and Motherhood
March 16, 2026 - 3:56pm
Patrick T. Fallon
Irish actress Jessie Buckley accepts the award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for 'Hamnet' onstage during the 98th Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on March 15.
The actress stole the night with her poignant words to her husband and her 8-month-old baby girl.
Pope Leo XIV to Accept Liberty Medal From National Constitution Center Via Telecast On July 3
March 16, 2026 - 3:46pm
Vatican Media
Pope Leo XIV greets pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican for the recitation of the Angelus on Jan. 25, 2026.
The Vatican confirmed that Pope Leo XIV will accept the award and offer live remarks virtually.
Pope Urges Church to See Abuse Prevention As ‘a Natural Expression of Faith’
March 16, 2026 - 3:19pm
Pope Leo XIV meets with members of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors at the Vatican on March 16, 2026.
Leo addressed the topic in a March 16 audience with members of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors.
Is ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Suitable for Kids? Christian Parents Weigh In
March 16, 2026 - 1:32pm
Promotional poster for the Netflix movie.
The animated hit, which won a pair of Oscars on Sunday, has sparked debate among Catholics over demons, imagination and how parents should guide children’s media.
First Things
Ralph Lauren, American Patriot
January 21, 2025 - 5:00amOn January 4 , President Joe Biden honored nineteen individuals with the Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor. While one could argue that some were less deserving of the award than others, I believe that one honoree deserved it without question: Ralph Lauren, a living embodiment of the American dream who in turn made America his muse. His designs pay homage to the cowboy, the soldier, the Ivy Leaguer. For Lauren, no aspect of the American character isn’t worth celebrating—a welcome contrast to the self-loathing that usually pervades the upper echelons of society.
Begging Your Pardon
January 20, 2025 - 5:00amWho attempts to overthrow a government without weapons? Why would the alleged leader of an insurrection authorize military force to protect the government, and why would the alleged insurrection victims countermand that authorization? How do people who listen to speeches about democratic procedures and election integrity in one location transform into enemies of the Constitution after walking a mile and a half to the east? Who believes that interrupting a vote would overturn a government? If there was an attempted insurrection, why would a notoriously creative and aggressive prosecutor fail to find any basis for filing insurrection charges?
To Hell With Notre Dame?
January 20, 2025 - 5:00amI first visited the University of Notre Dame du Lac (to use its proper inflated style) in 2017 as a guest of some friends in the law school. By then I had already hated the place for more or less my entire life. For me, Notre Dame was synonymous with the Roman Catholic Church as I had known her in childhood: dated folk art aesthetics (has anyone ever written about how ugly the buildings are?), the Breaking Bread missalette, the so-called “Celtic” Alleluia, the thought (though not the actual writings) of Fr. Richard McBrien, jolly fat Knights of Columbus in their blue satin jackets, avuncular permanent deacons named Tom, Pat, or, occasionally, Dave. At the age of twenty-seven, I expected to find preserved something of the religious atmosphere of the middle years of John Paul II’s papacy: the quiet half-acknowledged sense of desperation, the all-pervading horror of unbelief that could never be allowed formally to take shape among the grandchildren of European immigrants who had done well for themselves in the professions—perhaps too well.
The Mercurial Bob Dylan
January 17, 2025 - 5:00amThere’s a version of Bob Dylan for everyone: small-town boy from Duluth, Minnesota; scrappy folk troubadour of Greenwich Village; electric rock poet who defied expectations at Newport; introspective born-again Christian; Nobel Laureate. As any journalist who has interviewed him will attest, Dylan is an enigma. Capturing the whole man is harder than making a bead of mercury sit still in one’s palm.
The Theology of Music
January 17, 2025 - 5:00amÉ lisabeth-Paule Labat (1897–1975) was an accomplished pianist and composer when she entered the abbey of Saint-Michel de Kergonan in her early twenties. She devoted her later years to writing theology and an “Essay on the Mystery of Music,” published a decade ago as The Song That I Am , translated by Erik Varden . It’s a brilliant and beautiful essay, but what sets it apart from most explorations of music is its deeply theological character.
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Audience with members of the TG2 Editorial Team of the RAI
March 16, 2026 - 8:28amThis morning, in the Vatican Apostolic Palace, the Holy Father Leo XIV received in audience the members of the TG2 Editorial Team of the RAI ( Radiotelevisione italiana , the Italian national public broadcasting company), on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of its founding.
The following is the address delivered by the Pope to those present during the meeting:
Address of the Holy Father
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Peace be with you!
Good morning to you all, and welcome!
I extend my greetings to the Board of Directors, the Director and the editorial team of TG2, and offer my congratulations on this news programme reaching its fiftieth anniversary.
This “birthday” invites us to reflect on the journey you have made, as a paradigm of the challenges that television journalism has faced and those that still lie ahead. I am thinking of the transition from analogue to digital, in which you played a leading role in seizing the opportunities and understanding that no technological innovation can replace creativity, critical discernment and freedom of thought. And if the challenge of our time is that of artificial intelligence, I think of the need to regulate communication according to the human paradigm and not the technological one. Which means, ultimately, knowing how to distinguish between the means and the ends.
The distinctive features that have characterized you from the very beginning are laicity and pluralism of information sources, even in state television. Laicity understood as a rejection of ideological preconceptions and as an open-minded view of reality. We all know how difficult it is to allow ourselves to be surprised by facts, by encounters, by the gazes and voices of others; how strong the temptation is to seek out, see and listen only to what confirms our own opinions. But there can be no good communication, nor true freedom and healthy pluralism, without this openness.
Throughout the history of TG2, diverse cultural perspectives have coexisted. This diversity, especially when animated by a spirit of friendship, has been an added value to your identity, a source of richness, an example of dialogue, which still has much to teach us today, in an age dominated by polarization, ideological closed-mindedness and slogans that prevent us from seeing and understanding the complexity of reality.
Always, but especially in the dramatic circumstances of war, such as those we are currently experiencing, the media must guard against the risk of becoming propaganda. And the task of journalists, in verifying the news so as not to become a mouthpiece for those in power, becomes even more urgent and delicate—I would say essential.
It is up to you to show the sufferings that war always brings to the people; to show the face of war and to relate it through the eyes of the victims, so as not to transform it into a videogame. It is not easy in the few minutes of a news programme and its in-depth segments. But this is the challenge.
I thank you for your visit, I offer you my best wishes and I bless all of you and your work.Audience with participants in the Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors
March 16, 2026 - 8:23amThis morning, in the Vatican Apostolic Palace, the Holy Father Leo XIV received in audience the participants in the Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, to whom he delivered the following address:
Address of the Holy Father
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Peace be with you.
Welcome, my dear brothers and sisters,
I am pleased to greet all of you today as you gather for your Plenary Assembly. In a particular way, I thank the new President —still new — Archbishop Thibault Verny, President of the Commission, for his leadership and dedication. And I thank the Secretary, Bishop Luis Manuel Alí Herrera, for his devoted service, as well as the Adjunct Secretary, Dr Teresa Morris Kettelkamp, for her valuable contributions to the work of the Commission. I likewise express gratitude to all of you, members and staff, for your service to the Church by protecting children, adolescents and persons in vulnerable situations. It is a demanding service, sometimes silent, often burdensome, but one which is essential for the life of the Church and for the building of an authentic culture of care.
My venerable predecessor, Pope Francis , wanted to place your service permanently within the Roman Curia to remind the whole Church that the prevention of abuse is not an optional task, but a constitutive dimension of the mission of the Church. Since my election, I have been greatly encouraged by the dialogue you have fostered with the Disciplinary Section of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith . By doing so, you are achieving the desired goal that prevention — one of your responsibilities — and the vigilant discipline exercised by that Dicastery come together in a truly synergistic and effective way.
Your mission is to help ensure that abuse is prevented. Yet prevention is never just a set of protocols or procedures. It is about helping to form, throughout the Church, a culture of care, in which the protection of minors and persons in vulnerable situations is not seen as an obligation imposed from outside, but as a natural expression of faith. It calls therefore for a process of conversion where the sufferings of others are heard and move us to take action. In this regard, the experiences of victims and survivors are essential reference points. While they are certainly painful and difficult to hear, these experiences powerfully bring the truth to light and teach us humility as we strive to assist victims and survivors. At the same time, it is precisely through the recognition of the pain that has occurred that a credible path for hope and renewal is opened.
Another important element of your service is incorporating a multidisciplinary and systematic approach. As part of the Roman Curia , within the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith , you have a clear role that places you in dialogue with the Dicasteries and other institutions that exercise their responsibility in the various areas related to protection. It is my expectation that you continue to achieve even greater cooperation with them, so that they may enrich your work with their knowledge. At the same time, they too can be enriched by the experience that the Commission has gained in these eleven years of service, particularly through the attentive and sincere listening that you offer to victims, to survivors and to their families. In this regard, the Commission’s Annual Report is a tool of great importance. It represents an exercise in truth and responsibility, as well as in hope and prudence, which must go hand in hand for the good of the Church. Hope prevents us from giving in to discouragement; prudence preserves us from improvisation and superficiality in addressing the prevention of abuse.
Ordinaries and Major Superiors also have a responsibility of their own that cannot be delegated. Listening to victims and accompanying them must find concrete expression in every ecclesial community and institution. I encourage you to continue to serve as a resource for them so that no community within the Church feels alone in this task. Indeed, the help you offer through the Memorare Initiative is invaluable. Supporting local Churches, especially where resources or expertise are lacking, means giving concrete expression to ecclesial solidarity. I look forward to receiving additional information in your third Annual Report on the encouraging progress already made, as well as on the areas in which further development is still required.
The Commission’s engagement with the Church at every level, with victims, survivors and their families as well as with civil society partners has prompted you to deepen your study in two rapidly developing areas of safeguarding: the concept of vulnerability in relation to abuse, and the prevention of technology-facilitated abuse of minors in the digital space. By reading these “signs of the times,” you help the Church to address safeguarding challenges courageously, and respond with pastoral clarity and structural renewal. This is already taking concrete form in the development of a Universal Guidelines Framework. I look forward to receiving the final proposal so that, after appropriate study and discernment, it can be published.
Dear friends, all of your efforts demonstrate that your mission is not simply the establishment of a formal process but a sign of communion and shared responsibility. Before concluding, let me reiterate that the protection of minors and persons in vulnerable situations is not an isolated area of ecclesial life, but a dimension that permeates pastoral care, formation, governance and discipline. Every step forward on this journey is a step towards Christ and towards a more evangelical and authentic Church.
I entrust your service to the loving intercession of Mary, Mother of the Church, and I cordially impart my Apostolic Blessing as a pledge of wisdom and peace in our Lord Jesus Christ. Thank you very much.
[Our Father, Blessing]
Thank you so much for your service, and may you have a truly blessed encounter in Rome during these days. And thank you for all you are doing to help the Church in our mission. Thank you.Holy See Press Office Press Release: Telephone conversation of the Holy Father with the President of the State of Palestine
March 16, 2026 - 8:09amThis morning, His Holiness Pope Leo XIV received a telephone call from His Excellency Mr Mahmoud Abbas, President of the State of Palestine, concerning the alarming developments in the conflict in the Middle East and the living conditions of the Palestinian people.
During the conversation, the Holy Father reaffirmed the Holy See’s commitment to achieving peace through political and diplomatic dialogue, as well as through full respect for international law.
From the Vatican, 16 March 2026Apostolic Journey of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV in Algeria, Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea (13 to 23 April 2026) – Notice no. 1
March 16, 2026 - 6:25amAccredited journalists are hereby notified that applications are now open for accreditation to the Papal Flight for the announced Apostolic Journey of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV in Algeria, Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea, which will take place from 13 to 23 April 2026, according to the following itinerary:
Monday 13 April 2026
Rome/Fiumicino – Algiers (1.029km, 2h, ITA Airways)
Tuesday 14 April 2026
Algiers – Annaba (440km, 1h 10', Air Algérie)
Annaba – Algiers (440km, 1h 10', Air Algérie)
Wednesday 15 April 2026
Algiers – Yaoundé (4.014km, 5h 10', ITA Airways)
Thursday 16 April
Yaoundé – Bamenda (305km, 55', Camair-Co)
Bamenda – Yaoundé (305km, 55', Camair-Co)
Friday 17 April 2026
Yaoundé – Douala (259km, 55', ITA Airways)
Douala –Yaoundé (388km, 1h 05', ITA Airways)
Saturday 18 April 2026
Yaoundé – Luanda (1.627km, 2h 30', ITA Airways)
Sunday 19 April 2026
Luanda – Muxima (110km, 30', Helicopter)
Muxima – Luanda (110km, 30', Helicopter)
Monday 20 April 2026
Luanda – Saurimo (945km, 1h 30', TAAG)
Saurimo – Luanda (945km, 1h 30', TAAG)
Tuesday 21 April 2026
Luanda – Malabo (1.564km, 2h 30', ITA Airways)
Wednesday 22 April 2026
Malabo – Mongomo (322km, 1h, CEIBA Intercontinental)
Mongomo – Bata (138km, 40', CEIBA Intercontinental)
Bata – Malabo (240km, 50', CEIBA Intercontinental)
Thursday 23 April 2026
Malabo – Rome/Fiumicino (4.590km, 6h 10', ITA Airways)
Time zone
Rome +2h UTC
Algiers +1h UTC
Annaba +1h UTC
Yaoundè +1h UTC
Bamenda +1h UTC
Douala +1h UTC
Luanda +1h UTC
Muxima +1h UTC
Saurimo +1h UTC
Malabo +1h UTC
Mongomo +1h UTC
Bata +1h UTC
The provisional programme for the announced Apostolic Journey of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV in Algeria, Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea has been published in today’s Bulletin No. 208, Monday 16 March 2026.
Applications for admission to the Papal Flight may only be made via the Holy See Press Office’s online accreditation system at press.vatican.va/accreditamenti , by registering as a user or logging in with your credentials and selecting the relevant event from the Events Calendar.
The deadline for submitting applications for admission to the Papal Flight is Thursday, 19 March 2026, at 12:00 noon.Apostolic Journey of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV in Algeria, Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea (13 to 23 April 2026) – Programme
March 16, 2026 - 6:19amMonday 13 April 2026
ROME – ALGIERS
08:00
Departure by airplane from Rome/Fiumicino International Airport to Algiers
09:00
Arrival at Algiers “Houari Boumédiène” International Airport
WELCOME CEREMONY
09:45
VISIT TO THE MAQAM ECHAHID MARTYRS’ MONUMENT
Greeting of the Holy Father
10:15
COURTESY VISIT TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC at the Presidential Palace
11:00
MEETING WITH THE AUTHORITIES, CIVIL SOCIETY AND THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS at the “Djamaa el Djazair” Conference Center
Address of the Holy Father
15:15
VISIT TO THE GREAT MOSQUE OF ALGIERS
16:15
PRIVATE VISIT TO THE WELCOME AND FRIENDSHIP CENTER OF THE AUGUSTINIAN MISSIONARY SISTERS in Bab El Oued
16:40
MEETING WITH THE ALGERIAN COMMUNITY in the Basilica of Our Lady of Africa
Address of the Holy Father
Tuesday 14 April 2026
ALGIERS – ANNABA – ALGIERS
09:20
Departure by airplane from Algiers “Houari Boumédiène” International Airport to Annaba
10:30
Arrival at Annaba “Rabah Bitat” International Airport
11:00
VISIT TO THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE OF HIPPO
11:35
VISIT TO THE NURSING HOME OF THE LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR
Greeting of the Holy Father
12:10
PRIVATE MEETING WITH MEMBERS OF THE AUGUSTINIAN ORDER at the Augustinian Community House
15:30
18:00
HOLY MASS in the Basilica of Saint Augustine
Departure by airplane from Annaba “Rabah Bitat” International Airport to Algiers
Homily of the Holy Father
19:10
Arrival at Algiers “Houari Boumédiène” International Airport
Wednesday 15 April 2026
ALGIERS – YAOUNDÉ
09:40
FAREWELL CEREMONY at Algiers “Houari Boumédiène” International Airport
10:10
Departure from Algiers Airport for Yaoundé
15:20
Arrival at Yaoundé-Nsimalen International Airport
WELCOME CEREMONY
16:20
COURTESY VISIT TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC at the Presidential Palace
17:05
MEETING WITH THE AUTHORITIES, CIVIL SOCIETY AND THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS at the Congress Center
Address of the Holy Father
17:45
VISIT TO THE NGUL ZAMBA ORPHANAGE
Greeting of the Holy Father
18:25
PRIVATE MEETING WITH THE BISHOPS OF CAMEROON at the headquarters of the Episcopal Conference
Thursday 16 April 2026
YAOUNDÉ – BAMENDA – YAOUNDÉ
10:05
Departure from Yaoundé-Nsimalen International Airport for Bamenda
11:00
Arrival at Bamenda Airport
11:30
MEETING FOR PEACE WITH THE COMMUNITY OF BAMENDA in Saint Joseph’s Cathedral
Address of the Holy Father
15:15
HOLY MASS at Bamenda International Airport
Homily of the Holy Father
17:25
Departure from Bamenda Airport for Yaoundé
18:20
Arrival at Yaoundé-Nsimalen International Airport
Friday 17 April 2026
YAOUNDÉ – DOUALA – YAOUNDÉ
09:00
Departure from Yaoundé-Nsimalen Airport for Douala
09:55
Arrival at Douala International Airport
11:00
HOLY MASS at “Japoma Stadium”
Homily of the Holy Father
13:20
PRIVATE VISIT TO SAINT PAUL CATHOLIC HOSPITAL
14:10
Departure from Douala Airport for Yaoundé
15:15
Arrival at Yaoundé-Nsimalen International Airport
17:30
MEETING WITH UNIVERSITY STUDENTS AND PROFESSORS at the Catholic University of Central Africa
Address of the Holy Father
Saturday 18 April 2026
YAOUNDÉ – LUANDA
09:30
HOLY MASS at Yaoundé-Ville Airport
Homily of the Holy Father
12:00
FAREWELL CEREMONY at Yaoundé-Nsimalen International Airport
12:30
Departure by airplane from Yaoundé-Nsimalen International Airport for Luanda
15:00
Arrival at “4 de Fevereiro” Luanda International Airport
WELCOME CEREMONY
15:40
COURTESY VISIT TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC at the Presidential Palace
16:15
19:00
MEETING WITH THE AUTHORITIES, CIVIL SOCIETY AND THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS
PRIVATE MEETING WITH THE BISHOPS OF ANGOLA
Sunday 19 April 2026
LUANDA – MUXIMA – LUANDA
10:00
HOLY MASS in Kilamba
Homily of the Holy Father Regina Caeli
15:45
Departure by helicopter from Luanda “4 de Fevereiro” to Muxima
16:15
Arrival at Muxima Heliport
16:30
HOLY ROSARY PRAYER on the esplanade in front of the “Mama Muxima” Shrine
Address of the Holy Father
17:45
Departure by helicopter from the Muxima heliport to Luanda “4 de Fevereiro” Airport
18:15
Arrival at Luanda “4 de Fevereiro” Airport
Monday 20 April 2026
LUANDA – SAURIMO – LUANDA
07:50
Departure by airplane from Luanda “4 de Fevereiro” Airport for Saurimo
09:20
Arrival at Saurimo “Deolinda Rodrigues” Airport
09:45
VISIT TO THE NURSING HOME
Greeting of the Holy Father
11:15
HOLY MASS at the Saurimo esplanade
Homily of the Holy Father
13:45
Departure by plane from Saurimo “Deolinda Rodrigues” Airport for Luanda
15:15
Arrival at Luanda “4 de Fevereiro” International Airport
17:30
MEETING WITH BISHOPS, PRIESTS, CONSECRATED MEN AND WOMEN
AND PASTORAL WORKERS at the Parish of Our Lady of Fatima
Address of the Holy Father
Tuesday 21 April 2026
LUANDA – MALABO
08:45
FAREWELL CEREMONY at Luanda “4 de Fevereiro” International Airport
09:15
Departure by airplane from Luanda “4 de Fevereiro” International Airport for Malabo
11:45
Arrival at Malabo International Airport
WELCOME CEREMONY
12:30
COURTESY VISIT TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC at the Presidential Palace
13:00
MEETING WITH THE AUTHORITIES, CIVIL SOCIETY AND THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS at the Presidential Palace
Address of the Holy Father
16:00
MEETING WITH THE WORLD OF CULTURE at the León XIV Campus of the National University
Address of the Holy Father
17:15
VISIT TO THE STAFF AND PATIENTS OF THE “JEAN PIERRE OLIE” PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL
Greeting of the Holy Father
19:00
PRIVATE MEETING WITH THE BISHOPS OF EQUATORIAL GUINEA
Wednesday 22 April 2026
MALABO – MONGOMO – BATA – MALABO
08:10
Departure by airplane from Malabo for Mongomo
09:10
Arrival at Mengomeyén “Presidente Obiang Nguema” International Airport
10:30
HOLY MASS in the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception
Homily of the Holy Father
12:30
VISIT TO THE “POPE FRANCIS TECHNOLOGY SCHOOL”
15:10
Departure from Mengomeyén “Presidente Obiang Nguema” International Airport for Bata
15:50
Arrival at Bata International Airport
16:50
VISIT TO BATA PRISON
Greeting of the Holy Father
17:25
MOMENT OF PRAYER AT THE MEMORIAL TO THE VICTIMS OF THE EXPLOSION OF 7 MARCH 2021
18:10
MEETING WITH YOUNG PEOPLE AND FAMILIES at Bata Stadium
Address of the Holy Father
19:40
Departure from Bata Airport for Malabo
20:30
Arrival at Malabo International Airport
Thursday 23 April 2026
MALABO – ROMA
10:00
HOLY MASS at Malabo Stadium
Homily of the Holy Father
12:15
FAREWELL CEREMONY at Malabo International Airport
12:45
Departure from Malabo Airport for Rome
19:55
Arrival at Rome/Fiumicino International Airport