The Order of Procession of the 44th Intramuros Grand Marian Procession

The 44th Intramuros Grand Marian Procession, also known as the IGMP, took place last Sunday, December 7, in honor of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Principal Patroness of the Philippines, whose Solemnity was celebrated the following day, December 8. The "Mother of all Marian processions in the Philippines" is organized by the Cofradia de la Inmaculada Concepcion Inc. together with the Intramuros Administration and the Armed Forces of the Philippines.

This year's event has a theme of "Mary, our guiding Star, lighting the path of hope" to celebrate the ongoing Jubilee Year of Hope.

The procession this year is headlined by Marian images privately owned by families or religious groups, commonly known as "privadas." These images have participated in the IGMP for many years, remained on the updated list of the Cofradia, and maintained a good standing with them; however, their participation was interrupted by the lockdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic, which led to the two-year postponement of the event. The pontifically crowned Marian images from the Philippines gradually became the participants of the IGMP when it resumed in 2022, and this group continued to be featured in the event until last year.

The Cofradia's board of directors also decided that starting this year, the IGMP will feature different themes each year, and images will be invited based on the selected theme, which could either be the Coronadas, Veneradas, or the Privadas, the group chosen for this year. However, the images of Nstra. Sra. de la Consolacion y Correa, San Andres, San Jose, Sta. Ana y Niña Maria de Hagonoy, and the Festejada, La Purisima, remain unaffected by these changes, as they are permanent fixtures of the procession.

The format of the procession followed the same structure as the one used for the privadas in the pre-pandemic IGMPs, but with slight modifications. The procession began with the Consolacion y Correa de Intramuros leading the way from her penultimate spot before the Festejada, a change that was implemented last year in recognition of her honor as the "Queen and Protectress of the Distinguished and Ever Loyal City of Intramuros"; therefore, she will open the procession in subsequent IGMPs. It is then followed by the Saints related to the city of Manila and to the Blessed Virgin Mary, private images owned by members of the venerable Cofradia, new participants, the life of the Blessed Virgin Mary, images owned by religious groups or communities, and lastly family-owned images.

The first official announcement of participation through Facebook took place on October 22 and lasted until December 7, the day of the event; however, some (mostly families) decided to remain unannounced for privacy reasons. 

The Cofradia's original list consists of 56 participating images, 2 less than from the previous year. However, if we count the participants on number 11 as separate, the official list is 57. On the day of the event, the official count is that only 42 images participated, the same number of participants present in 2022, the year the event resumed. Therefore, 15 Marian images were absent from the event, marking the second-highest number of absentees since the event resumed, with the highest being 16 in 2024.

Four Marian images also made their return to the event after years of absence:

• Nuestra Señora del Rosario de San Pablo last participated in 2008.
• Nuestra Señora de Montserrat last participated in 2017.
• Nuestra Señora de los Angeles of Familia Maralit last participated in 2015.
• Sancta Maria, Virgo Prudentissima, last participated in 2018.

On the day of the event, despite the occasional drizzle, the Carroza of La Festejada arrived in front of the Manila Cathedral at about 5:52 p.m., 2 hours and 57 minutes earlier than the previous year (8:49 p.m.). For the first time in recent memory, due to the small delegations on every carrozas and the number of absentees, the presentation of images concluded early, and the procession culminated with the return of La Festejada in front of the Cathedral at approximately 7:17 p.m.

As always in our compilation, the format of the order will be based on the original list provided by the Cofradia. Marian images that are not present are shaded in red in their numbers and names; returning images that were not present in the 40th IGMP in 2019, the last event the privadas participated in, will be in italics and any changes will be denoted with asterisks (*) with notes at the end of the post.

Images connected to the City of Manila and to the Blessed Virgin Mary

1. Nuestra Señora de la Consolación y Correa

San Agustin Church; Archdiocesan Shrine of Our Lady of Consolación y Correa

Intramuros, Manila

2. San Andrés Apóstol, Patrón de Manila

Intramuros Administration, Intramuros, Manila

Sponsor: CALOLBON (San Andres) Civic Association, Inc.

San Andres, Catanduanes

accompanied by:

Nuestra Señora de los Dolores de Batong Paloway

Cofradía de la Virgen Dolorosa de Batong Paloway

San Andrés, Catanduanes

3. San José, Patrón de la Iglesia Universal

Familia Rodriguez-Tengco

Sabang, Baliuag, Bulacan

Marian images owned by the members of the Cofradía de la Inmaculada Concepción

4. Nuestra Señora de las Flores 

Familia Ongsiako-Cojuangco

Makati City, Metro Manila

 5. Nuestra Señora del Rosario de San Pablo

Familia Adap-Escudero

San Pablo City, Laguna

6. Our Lady, Mary, Mediatrix of All Grace

Familia Lirio-Dolor

Lipa City, Batangas

7. Virgen del Inmaculado Corazón de María 

Familia Pineda

San Juan City, Metro Manila

8. Virgen de la Victoria 

Familia Santiago-Tengco 

Baliuag, Bulacan

9. Nuestra Señora de la Portería 

Familia de Asís

San Juan City, Metro Manila

10. Nuestra Señora de Montserrat 

Familia Ancheta

Mapandan, Pangasinan

Marian images making their Primera Salida

11A. Virgen de la Inmaculada Concepción de Malolos

Familia Villanueva

Hagonoy, Bulacan

11B. Nuestra Señora del Santisimo Rosario de Balubad

Familia Popatco

Porac, Pampanga

12. Nuestra Señora de la Esperanza Macarena de Quingua

Familia Tan

Plaridel, Bulacan

Images depicting the life of the Blessed Virgin Mary

13. La Bambina María 

Familia Tengco-Burgos

Baliuag, Bulacan

14. La Niña María 

Familia Balocating

Quezon City, Metro Manila

15. Santa Ana y Niña María de Hagonoy

Pambansang Dambana ni Santa Ana

Hagonoy, Bulacan

16. La Familia de la Virgen Maria 

Familia Gatdula

Tondo, Manila

17. La Anunciación de la Virgen María

Familia De Vera

Tondo, Manila

18. Virgin’s Divine Matrimony 

Familia Castro-Hebron, MD 

Alabang, Muntinlupa City

19. La Visitación de la Virgen María a su prima Santa Isabel, el encuentro de gracia

Familia Ines-Miller

Quezon City, Metro Manila

20. Nuestra Señora de Navidad 

Familia Villacorta

Makati City,  Metro Manila

21. Nuestra Señora de Buena Muerte de Esposa San José 

Familia Buena

Antipolo City, Rizal

22. María Santísima, Madre del Mayor Dolor 

Familia Santos

Malolos, Bulacan

23. Nuestra Señora, Virgen Alegría del Encuentro

Familia Francisco

Valenzuela City, Metro Manila

24. Mater Dormitionis

Familia Francisco

Las Piñas City, Metro Manila

Marian images owned by religious communities, groups or institutions

25. Santa María, Madre de Dios

Santo Niño del Pilar Community

Camarero: Familia Nery, Quezon City

26. Santa Maria degli Angeli

St. Francis of Assisi College System

Talon, Las Piñas City, Metro Manila

27. Sancta Maria, Mater Dei 

Mater Dei Marriage Encounter Community

Quezon City, Metro Manila

28. Our Lady, Health of the Sick 

Congregation of the Sons of Mary, Health of the Sick, Pangarap Foundation Incorporated

Pasay City, Metro Manila

29. Our Lady of Banneux, Virgin of the Poor 

The Sister of Mary Boystown and Girlstown 

Barangay Biga, Silang, Cavite

30. Nuestra Señora de la Leche y Buen Parto

Our Lady of La Leche Movement

Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila

31. Mother of Love, Peace and Joy 

La Pieta International Prayer Group

Camarero: Familia De Guzman, Pagkilatan, Batangas

32. Nuestra Señora de Peñafrancia de Naga 

Peñafrancia Devotees Association

National Capital Region

Marian images owned by Families

33. Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles *

Familia Maralit

San Juan, Metro Manila

34. Sancta Maria, Virgo Prudentissima

Familia Reyes-Lim

Tondo, Manila

35. Nuestra Señora del Corazón del Niño Jesús 

Familia de los Reyes 

Bocaue, Bulacan.

36. Nuestra Señora de la Fe 

Familia Sedantes

Navotas City, Metro Manila

37. Nuestra Señora de los Remedios de Malate 

Familia Kua-Manlapaz

Santa Ana, Manila.

38. Nuestra Señora de Cabra

Familia Santos

Paranaque City, Metro Manila

39. Nuestra Señora de las Estrellas 

Familia Pagtakhan

Paco, Manila.

40. Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe de Cebu 

Familia Mendez

Punta Princesa, Cebu City.

41. Nuestra Señora, Estrella del Mar

Familia Estrella

Meycauayan City, Bulacan

42. Nuestra Señora, Santísima Nazarena 

Familia Díaz

Tondo, Manila

43. Nuestra Señora de la Santísima Trinidad

Familia Doctor-Cambal

Irosin, Sorsogon

44. Nuestra Señora, Inmaculado Corazón de María 

Familia de Mesa

Navotas City

45. La Virgen Dolorosa de Murcia Filipina 

Familia Manalang

Bocaue, Bulacan

46. Ina Poon Bato 

Familia Magsaysay

Botolan, Zambales

47. Nuestra Señora, Regina Martyrum

Familia De Leon

Baliuag, Bulacan

48. Nuestra Señora de Barangay

Familia Angeles

Santa Mesa, Manila

49. Nuestra Señora del Santísimo Rosario de Macarena

Familia Azares

Caloocan City, Metro Manila

50. Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Manaoag 

Familia Estonactoc

Quezon City, Metro Manila

51. Nuestra Señora de Salvación * 

Familia Nell

Quezon City, Metro Manila

52. Nuestra Señora, La Destadora de Nudos

Familia Linsangan

Bocaue, Bulacan

53. María Santísima, Vaso Digno de Honor 

Familia Fesalbon-Antalan

Paco, Manila

54. Maria, Regina Virginium 

Familia Cuevas-De Leon

Pateros, Metro Manila

55. Santa Maria, Stella Matutina 

Familia Zapanta-Quiocho

Taytay, Rizal

56. La Festejada: La Virgen Inmaculada Concepcion, Mater Purisima 

Cofradía de la Inmaculada Concepción

Intramuros Administration

Intramuros, Manila

__________

Footnotes:

(*) On the day of the event, these Marian images were moved to an earlier position in the order of the procession, at the request of their camarero.

Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles was moved to #24, while Nuestra Señora de Salvación was moved to #25.

__________

Credits to the owners of the photos used for this post.

CALENDAR OF ACTIVITIES OF POPE LEO XIV: NOVEMBER 2025

 

Here is the activities that the Holy Father Pope Leo XIV made for the month of November, which include his first Foreign Apostolic Journey outside of Italy.

Legend:

Red text: liturgical celebrations

Blue text: audiences and other commitments announced in advance

Green text: Apostolic Journey

November
11.1 - 10.30 am: Jubilee of the Educational World. Holy Mass at St. Peter's Square and Proclamation of St. John Henry Newman as "Doctor of the Church."
12 nn: Angelus Domini

11.2 - 12 nn: Angelus Domini

4 pm: Holy Mass at Verano Cemetery
In the evening, upon returning to the Vatican, the Pope went to the Vatican grottoes to pray at the tomb of his predecessors.

11.3 - Audience for Fadi Assaf, the new ambassador of Lebanon to the Holy See.

11 am: Holy Mass in St. Peter's Basilica in suffrage for the late Pope Francis and for the deceased 8 Cardinals and 134 Archbishops and Bishops.
In the evening, the Holy Father went to the Basilica of St. Mary Major to pray at the tomb of Pope Francis and to the icon of Salus Populi Romani before heading for Castel Gandolfo for his weekly rest.

Chirograph of the Holy Father by which he established Saint John Henry Newman as Patron Saint of the Pontifical Urbaniana University

11.4 - A note, Mater Populi Fidelis, from the Dicastery for the Doctrine of Faith on some Marian titles regarding Mary's cooperation in the work of Salvation.

11.5 - 10 am: Wednesday General Audience

Letter to the Archdiocesan Major Seminary "San Carlos y San Marcelo" of Trujillo (Peru), on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of its foundation.

11.6 - Farewell Audience for Chiba Akira, Ambassador of Japan.

9.45am: Audience in the Consistory Hall for the members of the Joint Committee of the Council of European Bishops' Conferences (CCEE), the Conference of European Churches (CEC), and representatives of the Christian Churches of Europe, signatories of the Charta Oecumenica; recitation of the Pater Noster.

Audience for Mahmoud Abbas, President of the State of Palestine, and entourage.

12 nn: Audience in the Clementine Hall for the participants in the General Chapters of the Religious of Jesus and Mary and the Missionary Sisters of St. Charles Borromeo (Scalabrinians).

Letter to His Beatitude Claudiu-Lucian Pop on the confirmation of his election as the Major Archbishop of Făgăraș şi Alba Iulia of the Romanians

A telegram of condolence after the death of Cardinal Dominik Duka, O.P., was sent to Jan Graubner, Metropolitan Archbishop of Prague, Czechia.

11.7 - 9 am: Audience in the Clementine Hall for the members of the Advisory Board of the RCS Academy.

9.30 am: Audience in the Consistory Hall for the members of the International Foundation of Religions and Societies.

Audience for Khalid Al Ghaith, Secretary General of the Higher Committee of Human Fraternity.

Audience for the members of the Synod of Bishops of the Romanian Greek-Catholic Church.

11 am: Audience in the Clementine Hall for the participants in the 65th General Assembly of the Italian Conference of Major Superiors (CISM).

Video message for the VII National Conference on Addictions, promoted in Rome by the Presidency of the Council of Ministers (7-8 November 2025).

Message to the participants in the International Congress of the Pontifical Academy for Life: “Artificial Intelligence and Medicine: The Challenge of Human Dignity,” to be held in Rome at the “Augustinianum” Congress Center from 10-12 November.

Message to the participants in the “Builders AI Forum 2025,” which will take place at the Pontifical Gregorian University (6-7 November 2025).

Message to the participants in the XVII Congreso Nacional Misionero, which took place in Puebla de los Ángeles, Mexico, from 7 to 9 November 2025.

11.8 - Audience for Cyril Ramaphosa, President of the Republic of South Africa, and entourage.
10 am: Jubilee Audience
Video message to the young people gathered in front of the Cathedral of Košice, Slovakia.

11.9 - 9.30 am: Feast of the Dedication of St. John Lateran. Holy Mass in the Archbasilica.

12 nn: Angelus Domini

11.10 - The Holy Father presided over a meeting of the heads of the dicasteries of the Roman Curia in the Bologna Hall.

11.11 - 5 pm: Holy Mass in Sant’Anselmo all’Aventino on the 125th anniversary of its Dedication.

11.12 - 10 am: Wednesday General Audience

"The Only Cross of Salvation." Letter by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith to the Bishop of Bayeux-Lisieux (France) regarding the alleged apparitions of Our Lord Jesus Christ in Dozulé.

11.13 - Audience for Benedict Batabe Assorow, the new Ambassador of Ghana to the Holy See.

10 am: Audience in the Clementine Hall for the participants in the conference promoted by the Foundation for the Study and Research on Childhood and Adolescence on “The Dignity of Children and Adolescents in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.”

10.30 am: Audience in the Consistory Hall for the participants in the Ordinary Federal Assembly of the Federation of Augustinian Monasteries of Italy.

11.30 am: Audience in the Paul VI Hall for the participants in the conference promoted by the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints on "Mysticism. Mystical Phenomena and Holiness."

Chirograph of the Holy Father establishing the Apostleship of the Sea as the coordinating body of the Work of the Apostleship of the Sea.

Message to the participants in the XXXI Argentine Industrial Conference taking place in Buenos Aires.

11.14 - 11 am: Visit to the Pontifical Lateran University for the inauguration of the academic year; speech in the Aula Magna named after Pope Benedict XVI.

Upon returning to the Vatican, visit at the San Martino Outpatient Clinic located beneath St. Peter’s Colonnade; visit to the clinic and greet the doctors.

11.15 - Audience for Pierre Goudreault, Bishop of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière and President of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, during which the Holy Father gifted sixty-two artifacts belonging to the ethnological collections of the Vatican Museums.

Audience for Despina Poulou, the new Ambassador of Greece to the Holy See.

11.30 am: Meeting in the Clementine Hall for the representatives of the world of cinema.

The Holy Father appointed Cardinal Michael Czerny, SJ, Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, as his envoy for the 34th World Day of the Sick, which will be held on 11 February 2026 at the Shrine of Nuestra Señora de la Paz in the Diocese of Chiclayo, Peru.

11.16 - 10 am: Jubilee of the Poor. Holy Mass in St. Peter's Basilica. Greeting the faithful gathered in St. Peter's Square before Mass, improvised speech; the Mass was attended by approx. 6000 faithful, mostly the poor.

12 nn: Angelus Domini; appeal for an end to discrimination and persecution.

Greeting to the poor gathered for lunch at the Lourdes Grotto in the Vatican Gardens; lunch in Paul VI Hall with about 1300 people organized by the Vincentian community for the World Day of the Poor; improvised speech.

11.17 - Audience for the members of the Executive Commission of the Spanish Episcopal Conference.

9.30 am: Audience in the Hall of Popes for the Executive Committee of the Catholic Biblical Federation (FEBIC).

10 am: Audience in the Consistory Hall for the participants in the course for diocesan officials in liturgical pastoral care promoted by the Pontifical Liturgical Institute of Sant'Anselmo.

10.30 am: Audience in the Clementine Hall for the participants in the “Seminario de Ética en el Gerenciamiento de la Salud.”

3.30 pm: Audience in the Clementine Hall for the diplomatic collaborators of the Pontifical Representations.

Message to the participants in the meeting "Building Communities that Protect Dignity" (Rome, 17-19 November 2025).

Video message to the Particular Churches of the Global South gathered at the Amazon Museum in Bélem

11.18 - Weekly Rest at Castel Gandolfo

11.19 - Audience for J.B. Pritzker, Governor of the State of Illinois

10 am: Wednesday General Audience

11.20 - Arrival by helicopter to Assisi; travel by car to the Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi; prayer at the tomb of St. Francis.

9 am: - Meeting in the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli with the Italian Bishops for the conclusion of the 81st General Assembly of the Italian Episcopal Conference.

Departure by helicopter at the Santa Maria degli Angeli stadium to Montefalco.

Visit to the Church of St. Clare of Montefalco; prayer before the relics; Holy Mass and later lunch with the Augustinian Nuns.

Departure by helicopter to the Vatican.

11.21 - Farewell audience for Eduard Habsburg-Lothringen, Ambassador of Hungary.

In the presence of the Holy Father, 6 decrees from the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints were promulgated.

Audience for José Ramos-Horta, President of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, and entourage;

11 am: Audience in the Consistory Hall for the members of the Representative Council of Caritas Internationalis.

11.30 am: Audience in the Clementine Hall for the participants in the International Legal and Pastoral Formation Course promoted by the Tribunal of the Roman Rota.

Audience for the Ukrainian children recently returned to their homeland from the Russian Federation.

4.15 pm: Digital meeting with 15,000 young Americans during the National Catholic Youth Conference (NCYC) taking place in Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, November 20-22, 2025; answering questions from 6 young people.

Apostolic Letter motu proprio on the Composition and Presidency of the Pontifical Commission for the Vatican City State.

11.22 - Audience for Professor Katharina Westerhorstmann, Professor of Theology and Ethics at the Gaming Campus (Austria) of the Franciscan University of Steubenville (USA).

10 am: Jubilee Audience

Video message to the participants in the conference "Sin identidad no hay educación," at the Colegio Nuestra Señora del Buen Consejo in Madrid.

11.23 - 10.30 am: Solemnity of Christ the King of the Universe. Holy Mass at St. Peter’s Square on the occasion of the Jubilee of Choirs.

12 nn: Angelus Domini

Apostolic Letter In unitate fidei on the occasion of the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea

11.24 - Audience for Irakli Kobakhidze, Prime Minister of Georgia, and entourage.

Audience for Evika Siliņa, Prime Minister of Latvia, and entourage.

12 nn: Audience in the Consistory Hall for the participants in the National Pilgrimage of Latvia.

12.30 pm: Audience in the Clementine Hall for the participants in the General Chapter of the Order of the Servants of Mary.

The Holy Father approves the publication of new regulations of the Roman Curia and its personnel.

Doctrinal Note from the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, Una Caro, on the Value of Marriage as an Exclusive Union and Mutual Belonging.

11.25 - Weekly Rest at Castel Gandolfo

11.26 - 8.30 am: Audience in the Consistory Hall for the members of the International Theological Commission.

Audience for the delegation from “Ave Maria University,” Florida (USA).

10 am: Wednesday General Audience

4 pm: Audience in the Synod Hall for the participants in the 104th General Assembly of the Union of Superiors General.

Apostolic Letter motu proprio Immota Manet on the Central Sector of the Diocese of Rome.

1st FOREIGN APOSTOLIC PILGRIMAGE

Turkey, Lebanon: 27 November - 2 December

11.27 - 7.40 am: Departure by airplane from Rome/Fiumicino International Airport to Ankara.

The ITA Airways flight AZ4000 departed Rome at 7.58 am [Rome time]. The flight lasted 2 hours and 25 minutes, with a distance of 1855 km. The flight landed at 12.22 pm [Ankara time].

As is tradition, the Holy Father sent telegrams to the heads of state of Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, and Bulgaria.

 

Turkey

Ankara

12:30 pm: Arrival at Esenboğa International Airport; official welcome; the Holy Father was welcomed by Türkiye’s Minister of Culture and Tourism, Mehmet Nuri Ersoy, and received flowers offered to him by two children in traditional dress.

1:30 pm: Visit to the Atatürk Mausoleum; laying of the flowers and signing of the guest book.

2.10 pm: Welcome Ceremony at the Presidential Palace; visit to the President of the Republic, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

3.30 pm: Meeting with the Authorities, Civil Society, and the Diplomatic Corps in the Nation's Library of the Presidential Palace

Visit to the Diyanet-Presidency of Religious Affairs; meeting with Safi Arpaguş.

A short visit to the Apostolic Nunciature; meeting with the personnel.

5.20 pm: Farewell ceremony

5.35 pm: Departure by airplane from Esenboğa International Airport to Istanbul

The ITA Airways flight AZ4001 departed Ankara at 6.20 pm [local time]. The flight lasted 38 minutes, with a distance of 379 km. The flight landed at 7.12 pm [local time].

Istanbul

7 pm: Arrival at Atatürk Airport in Istanbul; transfer to the Apostolic Delegation for an overnight rest.

Telegram that the Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin sent—on behalf of the Holy Father—to the Hon. Antonio Tajani, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, on the occasion of the Third Forum on Religious Freedom taking place at Palazzo Chigi in Rome.

A telegram of condolence that the Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin sent—on behalf of the Holy Father—to His Eminence Cardinal Stephen Chow Sau-Yan, S.I., Bishop of Hong Kong, for the victims of the fire in the Tai Po district of Hong Kong.

11.28 - 9:30 am: Meeting with Bishops, Priests, Deacons, Consecrated Persons, and Pastoral Workers at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit; the meeting is in the form of the Liturgy of the Word.

10:40 am: Visit to the Nursing Home of the Little Sisters of the Poor; speech; recitation of the Ave Maria and Apostolic Blessing.

Return to the Apostolic Delegation; private meeting with the Chief Rabbi of Turkey.

2:15 pm: Transfer by helicopter to İznik

Iznik

3:30 pm: Ecumenical Prayer Service near the archaeological excavations of the ancient Basilica of Saint Neophytos; the Holy Father, together with the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I and religious leaders present, processed to the platform near the archaeological excavations and formed a semicircle before the icons of Christ and the Council, where they lit candles; After an opening song and a symbolic gesture, Patriarch Bartholomew I addressed his words of welcome, ecumenical prayer, the reading of the Gospel; address; the choral recitation of the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed, the invocations, the recitation of the Pater Noster and the blessing.

4:30 pm: Transfer by helicopter to Istanbul

Istanbul

6:30 pm: Private Meeting with Bishops in the Apostolic Delegation

Message to the participants in the global meeting of the Economy of Francis, taking place from 28 to 30 November 2025 at Castel Gandolfo.

11.29 - 9.00 am: Visit to the Sultan Ahmed Mosque,

9.45 am: Private meeting with the leaders of the local churches and Christian communities at the Syriac Orthodox Church of Mor Ephrem.

Transfer by car to the Apostolic Delegation.

3.30 pm: Doxology in the Patriarchal Church of Saint George

3.50 pm: Meeting with His Holiness Bartholomew I and signing of the joint declaration in the Patriarchal Palace.

Transfer by car to the Volkswagen Arena.

5 pm: Holy Mass in the Volkswagen Arena.

Return to the Apostolic Delegation.

The Holy Father appointed Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State, Pontifical Legate for the Eucharistic celebration to be held on Sunday, 11 January 2026, on the occasion of the eighth centenary of the Cathedral of Brussels.

11.30 - 9.30 am: Prayer visit at the Armenian Apostolic Cathedral

Transfer by car to the Patriarchal Church of Saint George in Phanar

10.30 am: Participation at the Divine Liturgy presided by His Holiness Bartholomew I in the Patriarchal Church; joint Ecumenical Blessing

1 pm: Lunch with His Holiness Bartholomew I at the Ecumenical Patriarchate

2.15 pm: Farewell Ceremony at Atatürk Airport in Istanbul

2.45 pm: Departure by airplane from Atatürk Airport to Beirut

The ITA Airways flight AZ4000 departed Rome at 3.01 pm [Istanbul time]. The flight lasted 1 hour and 34 minutes, with a distance of 1102 km. The flight landed at 3.34 pm [Beirut time].

The Holy Father sent telegrams to the heads of state of Turkey and Cyprus.

Lebanon

Beirut

3.45 pm: Arrival at Beirut International Airport; welcome ceremony: The Holy Father was welcomed by the president, Joseph Aoun, and his wife.

Transfer by Popemobile to the Presidential Palace. Crowds greeted the Pope along the route and upon his arrival at the palace, he was greeted with a traditional dance group (dabke) and an audiovisual presentation of welcome.

4.45 pm: Courtesy visit to the President of the Republic at the Presidential Palace

5:15 pm: Meeting with the President of the National Assembly

5.30 pm: Meeting with the Prime Minister

6 pm: Meeting with the Authorities, Civil Society, and the Diplomatic Corps.

Unscheduled visit to the Monastery of the Carmelite Sisters of the Theotokos in Harissa; improvised speech; recitation of the Pater Noster; Apostolic Blessing.

Video message to the participants in the Australian Catholic Youth Festival 2025.

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For previous months of the activities of Pope Leo XIV:

2025:

May

June

July

August

September

October