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Pope Francis – latest apostolic trip

September 12 2021

Link to Vatican News:

https://www.vaticannews.va/en.html

Links for speeches taken from

https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2021/09/12.html

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- Apostolic Journey of His Holiness Francis to Budapest on the occasion of the concluding Mass of the 52nd International Eucharistic Congress and to Slovakia (12-15 September 2021) – The departure from Rome and the Telegram to the President of the Italian Republic
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- Apostolic Journey of His Holiness Francis to Budapest on the occasion of the concluding Mass of the 52nd International Eucharistic Congress and to Slovakia (12-15 September 2021) – Official welcome at Budapest Airport, Meeting with the President of the Republic and the First Minister and Meeting with the Bishops
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- Apostolic Journey of His Holiness Francis to Budapest on the occasion of the concluding Mass of the 52nd International Eucharistic Congress and to Slovakia (12-15 September 2021) Words of the Pope on the Rome – Budapest flight
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- Press release from the Press Office: Meeting with the President of the Republic of Hungary, with the Prime Minister and the Deputy Prime Minister
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- Apostolic Journey of His Holiness Francis to Budapest on the occasion of the concluding Mass of the 52nd International Eucharistic Congress and to Slovakia (12-15 September 2021) – Meeting with the Representatives of the Ecumenical Council of Churches and some Jewish Communities of Hungary in the Hall of the Marbles of the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest
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- Apostolic Journey of His Holiness Francis to Budapest on the occasion of the concluding Mass of the 52nd International Eucharistic Congress and to Slovakia (12-15 September 2021) – Holy Mass and Angelus
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- Apostolic Journey of His Holiness Francis to Budapest on the occasion of the concluding Mass of the 52nd International Eucharistic Congress and to Slovakia (12-15 September 2021) – Farewell Ceremony from Hungary and Telegram to the President of the Republic of Hungary

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