The Vatican unveiled over the weekend the schedule of Pope Francis’ visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan.
The pope’s trip to Africa will begin in the DR Congo’s capital city, Kinshasa, on July 2 and conclude on July 7 in South Sudan’s capital, Juba.
According to the program, the first leg of Pope Francis’ 37th foreign visit will see him land at Kinshasa N’djili international airport on July 2, followed by a welcome ceremony at the Palais de la Nation, the official residence of the president of the DRC in Kinshasa.
The pope 85 will begin his second day in DRC, July 3, by presiding over Mass at Ndolo Airport in Kinshasa.
On July 4, the pope will fly to the city of Goma in North Kivu, a province in the far east of the DRC before celebration of Mass at midday at the Kibumba refugee camp among others. END