16. april 2016

Baggrund for besøget på Lesbos:

Jesuit Father David Nazar and Jack Figel discuss the importance of the pope's upcoming trip to Lesbos, Greece.

Besøget:

Starts at 9.20 amThe Holy Father arrives at the international airport of Mytileneis , Lesbos Island, and is received by the Prime Minister; and is then welcomed by His Holiness Bartholomew, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His Beatitude Ieronymos, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, and after this, by Bishop Franghískos Papamanólis, O.F.M.

Starts at 10.05 am . Pope Francis visits Mòria refugees Camp in Lesvos Island - Greece

Starts at 12.35 pm . Pope Francis meets with Lesvos citizens and the catholic community at the port.

Starts at 13.20 pm At the airport: Private meeting with the Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Private meeting with the Ecumenical Patriarch Private meeting with the Prime Minister followed by a Farewell ceremony and Departure from the international airport of Mytilene for Roma.

Efter besøget:

April 16, 2016. Pope visit to Lesbos: The saddest journey that I have made

On @Crux, Pope Francis brings three refugee families from Greece to Rome aboard papal plane: https://t.co/9lTmPB3KGH pic.twitter.com/culzYIMqtI
— John L. Allen, Jr. (@JohnLAllenJr) 16. april 2016

Pope's in-flight presser on EU policies, injustice and apostolic exhortation §RV https://t.co/rIEKK3wBdE
— Vatican - news (@news_va_en) 16. april 2016

Pope Francis speaks candidly about the refugee crisis after visiting refugee camps in Lesbos, Greece on April 16, 2016