Pope Francis will celebrate Mass in Baku.
The Vatican on Monday published the programme for Pope Francis’ visit to Georgia and Azerbaijan which will take place from September 30th to October 2nd.
Pope Francis will celebrate Mass at the Salesian centre in Baku and have lunch with the Salesian community on October 2, morning. In the afternoon, he will attend an official welcome ceremony in the presidential palace and pay a courtesy visit to President Ilham Aliyev, before going on to greet government officials in the Heydar Aliyev Centre.
After that the Pope will have a private meeting with the chairman of the Caucasian Muslims Office and also meet the Orthodox bishop of Baku and the president of the Jewish community.
Pope Francis will leave for Rome in the evening following a farewell ceremony.
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