Francisco will beatify bishops killed under dictatorship | Chronic

The Pope will begin on May 31 a three-day trip to Romania, where he will meet the President, Klaus Iohannis; with the patriarch of the local Orthodox Church, Daniel Cioboteaand will beatify seven orthodox bishops who died under the communist dictatorship of Nicolás Ceaucescu (1967-1989).

Jorge Bergoglio will leave the Roman airport of Fiumicino and arrive in Bucharest at 11:30 am (local time), announced Europa Press.

At the Henri Coanda-Otopeni international airport of the Romanian capital will be officially welcomed, then a ceremony will be held at the Cotroceni Palace, where the pontiff will pay a courtesy call on President Klaus Iohannis and will also meet the Prime Minister.

Then, Pope Francis will have a meeting with the authorities of the civil society and the diplomatic corps, before whom he will deliver the first speech of the trip.

At 15:45, Bergoglio will hold a private meeting with Ciobotea at the Palazzo del Patriarcato, then deliver another speech to the Permanent Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church.

The activities will end at 5 pm with the prayer of the Our Father in the new Orthodox cathedral, where the pope should say a few words of greeting, and a Mbad at the catholic cathedral of San Giuseppe, where he will address a homily to the faithful. .

On Saturday, June 1, the pope will take another plane to get to Bacau. From there, he will go by helicopter to the air base of the Miercurea-Ciuc Mountain Brigade.

At 11.30, a mbad will be presided at the Sumuleu-Ciuc Shrine and at 16.10 it will be transferred by helicopter to the Iasi airport, where it will visit the Cathedral of Santa Maria Regina.

In addition, at 5:45 pm, he will attend a Marian meeting with young people and families at the Iasi Palace of Culture Square, where he will give a speech, and at 19, he will return by plane to Bucharest.

On Sunday 2 June, Francisco will fly to Sibiu and from there, by helicopter to Blaj, where he will beatify seven bishops of Greek Catholic martyrs who died during the dictatorship in Romania during a ceremony that will start at 11 am in the field of Blaj's freedom. The pope will deliver the homily and Regina Coeli.

After a meal with his entourage, Bergoglio will hold at 3:45 pm a meeting with the Rom Di Blaj community, to whom he will send a greeting. He will finally go to the airport of Sibiu, from where he will return to Rome.