When Pope Francis arrives in the U.S. on Tuesday for a six-day sweep through Washington, New York and Philadelphia, it will be a transit challenge. The Secret Service Director said there are no credible threats against the pontiff. USA TODAY
Where in the states is Pontifice Francisco?
Pope Francis starts his visit to the USA on Sept. 22 and plans to stop in Washington, D.C., New York City and Philadelphia. Whether you want to catch a glimpse of the Roman Catholic Church's leader or avoid the traffic, follow his six-day schedule below.
Washington
Tuesday, Sept. 22
4 p.m. — President Obama greets Pope Francis as he arrives at Joint Base Andrews.
Wednesday, Sept. 23
9:15 a.m. — President Obama welcomes the pope to the White House.
Pope Francis and President Obama exchange gifts at the Vatican on March 27, 2014. The pope will visit the White House on Sept. 23. (Photo: Gabriel Bouys, AP)
11:30 a.m. — The pope leads a prayer at St. Matthew's Cathedral with U.S. bishops.
4:15 p.m. — Pope Francis holds a canonization Mass in Spanish for 25,000 ticket holders at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. It is the first-ever canonization Mass on U.S. soil.
A man looks at an exhibition on Junipero Serra at The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington on Aug. 20, 2015. Pope Francis will be celebrating Mass at the National Shrine on Sept. 23, 2015, and will canonize Serra, the Spanish missionary who introduced Christianity to California in the 18th century. (Photo: Mandel Ngan, AFP/Getty Images)
Thursday, Sept. 24
10 a.m. — The Senate and House welcome the pope in a joint session. He will make the first-ever address to Congress, which will broadcast live on the Capitol's West Front. This speech will be one of four he will hold in English. The remaining 14 speeches on his U.S. trip will be in his native Spanish.
11 a.m. — He makes a stop on the Capitol's West Front, which overlooks the National Mall.
11:15 a.m. — St. Patrick's Catholic Church and Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese host Pope Francis. Only 60 parishioners culled from a lottery of church volunteers and about 250 clients and volunteers from Catholic Charities will be allowed in during the visit. Catholic Charities St. Maria’s Meals, which offers three weekly food programs in the Washington area, plans to have 55 tables set up for the poor and homeless to be served lunch as the pope blesses the food and walks through.
Catholic Charities Program Director Lydia Pearl Monroe, left, instructs volunteers who help serve food from the St. Maria's Meals truck in front of Catholic Charities for the Archdiocese of Washington. (Photo: Waldy Diez, USA TODAY)
4 p.m. — The pope departs from Washington via Joint Base Andrews for New York.
New York City
5 p.m. — Arrives in New York through John F. Kennedy International Airport.
6:45 p.m. — The pope holds an evening prayer service at St. Patrick's Cathedral.
Painters finish work on the "Welcome Pope Francis" mural in New York City on Aug. 31, 2015. (Photo: Susan Marie Patrick, Your Take)
Friday, Sept. 25
8:30 a.m. — Pope Francis meets with the United Nations General Assembly. It's the 70th anniversary of the U.N.
11:30 a.m. — A multireligious service is held at the 9/11 Memorial Museum.
4 p.m. — The pope visits Our Lady Queen of Angels School in East Harlem.
5 p.m. — He will lead a procession through Central Park. About 80,000 tickets were awarded by the city in a lottery pick.
6 p.m. — Mass is held in Madison Square Garden. The chair he will sit on was built by mostly immigrant day laborers. Young men at Lincoln Hall Boys Haven in Lincolndale built the altar.
Cardinal Timothy Dolan unveils the chair Pope Francis will use during Mass at Madison Square Garden during his visit to New York City. The chair was constructed in a Port Chester garage by immigrant day laborers and will be used by the pope Sept. 26. (Photo: Spencer Platt, Getty Images)
Saturday, Sept. 26
8:40 a.m. — Pope Francis departs New York for Philadelphia through John F. Kennedy International Airport.
Philadelphia
9:30 a.m. — Arrives at Atlantic Aviation.
10:30 a.m. — Mass is held at the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul.
A group of cloistered nuns have been working overtime in the kitchen to help prepare for Pope Francis' visit. Religious sisters at the suburban Monastery of St. Clare recently made 100,000 communion wafers for the pontiff's Mass in Philadelphia. AP
4:45 p.m. — The pope visits Independence Mall — the birthplace of American democracy. This historic area of Philadelphia is home to the Liberty Bell, and Independence Hall, where the Declaration of Independence and Constitution were signed.
Independence Hall is where the Declaration of Independence and Constitution were signed. (Photo: John Sterling Ruth for Visit Philadelphia)
7:30 p.m. — Pope Francis stops by the Festival of Families on Benjamin Franklin Parkway and holds a prayer vigil with the World Meeting of Families — the largest meeting of Catholic families held every three years. Singer Arethra Franklin will perform for the Pope as well as Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli, Colombian singer/songwriter Juanes, the Philadelphia Orchestra, The Fray, comedian Jim Gaffigan and Mark Wahlberg — who will host the event.
Sunday, Sept. 27
9:15 a.m. — He holds a papal meeting with bishops at St. Martin's Chapel of St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Wynnewood, right outside Philadelphia.
11 a.m. — The pope visits Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility. Inmates at a neighboring prison — Philadelphia Industrial Correctional Center — built the chair that the pope will sit on. Several inmates learned carpentry through vocational workshops.
Rameen Perrin, left, and Evan Davis work on a chair designed for Pope Francis to use during his visit to a prison in Philadelphia. Perrin and Davis are inmates learning carpentry. (Photo: Michael Perez, AP)
4 p.m. — Mass is held with the World Meeting of Families.
7 p.m. — At Atlantic Aviation, he talks with organizers, volunteers and benefactors of the World Meeting of Families. Philadelphia International Airport expects 20%-25% more passengers traveling during the pope's visit — that's similar to a very busy Thanksgiving holiday.
8 p.m. — Pope Francis departs for Rome.
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When Pope Francis arrives in the U.S. on Tuesday for a six-day sweep through Washington, New York and Philadelphia, it will be a transit challenge. The Secret Service Director said there are no credible threats against the pontiff. USA TODAY
Where in the states is Pontifice Francisco?
Pope Francis starts his visit to the USA on Sept. 22 and plans to stop in Washington, D.C., New York City and Philadelphia. Whether you want to catch a glimpse of the Roman Catholic Church's leader or avoid the traffic, follow his six-day schedule below.
Washington
Tuesday, Sept. 22
4 p.m. — President Obama greets Pope Francis as he arrives at Joint Base Andrews.
Wednesday, Sept. 23
9:15 a.m. — President Obama welcomes the pope to the White House.
Pope Francis and President Obama exchange gifts at the Vatican on March 27, 2014. The pope will visit the White House on Sept. 23. (Photo: Gabriel Bouys, AP)
11:30 a.m. — The pope leads a prayer at St. Matthew's Cathedral with U.S. bishops.
4:15 p.m. — Pope Francis holds a canonization Mass in Spanish for 25,000 ticket holders at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. It is the first-ever canonization Mass on U.S. soil.
A man looks at an exhibition on Junipero Serra at The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington on Aug. 20, 2015. Pope Francis will be celebrating Mass at the National Shrine on Sept. 23, 2015, and will canonize Serra, the Spanish missionary who introduced Christianity to California in the 18th century. (Photo: Mandel Ngan, AFP/Getty Images)
Thursday, Sept. 24
10 a.m. — The Senate and House welcome the pope in a joint session. He will make the first-ever address to Congress, which will broadcast live on the Capitol's West Front. This speech will be one of four he will hold in English. The remaining 14 speeches on his U.S. trip will be in his native Spanish.
11 a.m. — He makes a stop on the Capitol's West Front, which overlooks the National Mall.
11:15 a.m. — St. Patrick's Catholic Church and Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese host Pope Francis. Only 60 parishioners culled from a lottery of church volunteers and about 250 clients and volunteers from Catholic Charities will be allowed in during the visit. Catholic Charities St. Maria’s Meals, which offers three weekly food programs in the Washington area, plans to have 55 tables set up for the poor and homeless to be served lunch as the pope blesses the food and walks through.
Catholic Charities Program Director Lydia Pearl Monroe, left, instructs volunteers who help serve food from the St. Maria's Meals truck in front of Catholic Charities for the Archdiocese of Washington. (Photo: Waldy Diez, USA TODAY)
4 p.m. — The pope departs from Washington via Joint Base Andrews for New York.
New York City
5 p.m. — Arrives in New York through John F. Kennedy International Airport.
6:45 p.m. — The pope holds an evening prayer service at St. Patrick's Cathedral.
Painters finish work on the "Welcome Pope Francis" mural in New York City on Aug. 31, 2015. (Photo: Susan Marie Patrick, Your Take)
Friday, Sept. 25
8:30 a.m. — Pope Francis meets with the United Nations General Assembly. It's the 70th anniversary of the U.N.
11:30 a.m. — A multireligious service is held at the 9/11 Memorial Museum.
4 p.m. — The pope visits Our Lady Queen of Angels School in East Harlem.
5 p.m. — He will lead a procession through Central Park. About 80,000 tickets were awarded by the city in a lottery pick.
6 p.m. — Mass is held in Madison Square Garden. The chair he will sit on was built by mostly immigrant day laborers. Young men at Lincoln Hall Boys Haven in Lincolndale built the altar.
Cardinal Timothy Dolan unveils the chair Pope Francis will use during Mass at Madison Square Garden during his visit to New York City. The chair was constructed in a Port Chester garage by immigrant day laborers and will be used by the pope Sept. 26. (Photo: Spencer Platt, Getty Images)
Saturday, Sept. 26
8:40 a.m. — Pope Francis departs New York for Philadelphia through John F. Kennedy International Airport.
Philadelphia
9:30 a.m. — Arrives at Atlantic Aviation.
10:30 a.m. — Mass is held at the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul.
A group of cloistered nuns have been working overtime in the kitchen to help prepare for Pope Francis' visit. Religious sisters at the suburban Monastery of St. Clare recently made 100,000 communion wafers for the pontiff's Mass in Philadelphia. AP
4:45 p.m. — The pope visits Independence Mall — the birthplace of American democracy. This historic area of Philadelphia is home to the Liberty Bell, and Independence Hall, where the Declaration of Independence and Constitution were signed.
Independence Hall is where the Declaration of Independence and Constitution were signed. (Photo: John Sterling Ruth for Visit Philadelphia)
7:30 p.m. — Pope Francis stops by the Festival of Families on Benjamin Franklin Parkway and holds a prayer vigil with the World Meeting of Families — the largest meeting of Catholic families held every three years. Singer Arethra Franklin will perform for the Pope as well as Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli, Colombian singer/songwriter Juanes, the Philadelphia Orchestra, The Fray, comedian Jim Gaffigan and Mark Wahlberg — who will host the event.
Sunday, Sept. 27
9:15 a.m. — He holds a papal meeting with bishops at St. Martin's Chapel of St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Wynnewood, right outside Philadelphia.
11 a.m. — The pope visits Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility. Inmates at a neighboring prison — Philadelphia Industrial Correctional Center — built the chair that the pope will sit on. Several inmates learned carpentry through vocational workshops.
Rameen Perrin, left, and Evan Davis work on a chair designed for Pope Francis to use during his visit to a prison in Philadelphia. Perrin and Davis are inmates learning carpentry. (Photo: Michael Perez, AP)
4 p.m. — Mass is held with the World Meeting of Families.
7 p.m. — At Atlantic Aviation, he talks with organizers, volunteers and benefactors of the World Meeting of Families. Philadelphia International Airport expects 20%-25% more passengers traveling during the pope's visit — that's similar to a very busy Thanksgiving holiday.
8 p.m. — Pope Francis departs for Rome.
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