The document outlines Pope Francis's itinerary for his apostolic journey to Egypt from April 28-29, 2017. The schedule includes his arrival in Cairo, meetings with political leaders, an interfaith peace conference with the Grand Imam of al-Azhar, mass, and a meeting with clergy and religious. The key topics covered are promoting interreligious dialogue and cooperation, and condemning violence in the name of religion.

1. APOSTOLIC JOURNEY OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO EGYPT
28-29 APRIL 2017

3. Friday 28 April 2017
14:00 - Arrival at Cairo International Airport
Official welcome - Welcome ceremony in the Presidential Palace in Heliopolis
Courtesy visit to the President of the Republic
Courtesy visit to the Grand Imam of al-Azhar
Speech to the participants in the International Peace Conference
Speech of the Grand Imam
Speech of the Holy Father
16:40 - Meeting with political and civil authorities
Speech of the President
Speech of the Holy Father
Courtesy visit to H.H. Pope Tawadros II
Speech of Pope Tawadros II
Speech of the Holy Father
Common Declaration
Meeting with a group of young people
Saturday 29 April 2017
10:00 - Holy Mass
12:15 - Lunch with the Egyptian bishops and the Papal delegation
15:15 - Meeting and prayer with the clergy, religious and seminarians
Farewell ceremony
17:00 - Departure by plane for Rome/Ciampino Airport
Return flight press conference of His Holiness Pope Francis from Egypt to Rome

4. INTERNATIONAL PEACE CONFERENCE - Al-Azhar Conference Centre, Cairo - Friday, 28 April 2017

5. As-salamu alaykum! - I consider it a great gift to be able to begin my Visit to Egypt here, and to
address you in the context of this International Peace Conference. I thank my brother, the Grand
Imam, for having planned and organized this Conference, and for kindly inviting me to take part.
I would like to offer you a few thoughts, drawing on the glorious history of this land, which over
the ages has appeared to the world as a land of civilizations and a land of covenants.

6. In facing this great cultural challenge, one that is both urgent and exciting, we, Christians,
Muslims and all believers, are called to offer our specific contribution: “We live under the sun
of the one merciful God… Thus, in a true sense, we can call one another brothers and sisters…
since without God the life of man would be like the heavens without the sun”.

7. In Egypt, not only did
the sun of wisdom
rise, but also the
variegated light of
the religions shone in
this land. Here, down
the centuries,
differences of religion
constituted “a form
of mutual enrichment
in the service of the
one national
community”.

8. In Egypt, not only did
the sun of wisdom
rise, but also the
variegated light of the
religions shone in this
land. Here, down the
centuries, differences
of religion constituted
“a form of mutual
enrichment in the
service of the one
national community”.

9. We are not meant to spend all our energies on the uncertain and shifting affairs of this world,
but to journey towards the Absolute that is our goal. For all these reasons, especially today,
religion is not a problem but a part of the solution: against the temptation to settle into a
banal and uninspired life, where everything begins and ends here below, religion reminds us
of the need to lift our hearts to the Most High in order to learn how to build the city of man.

10. At the centre of this “decalogue”, there resounds,
addressed to each individual and to people of all ages,
the commandment: “Thou shalt not kill” (Ex 20:13).

11. Peace alone, therefore, is holy and no act of violence can be
perpetrated in the name of God, for it would profane his Name.

12. Religion, however, is not meant only to unmask evil; it has an intrinsic
vocation to promote peace, today perhaps more than ever

13. “An ethics of fraternity and peaceful coexistence between individuals and among
peoples cannot be based on the logic of fear, violence and closed-mindedness,
But on responsibility, respect and sincere dialogue”: Nonviolence: a Style
of Politics for Peace, Message for the 2017 World Day of Peace, 5.

14. “They were written on the human heart as the universal moral law, valid in every time and place.
Today as always, the Ten Words of the Law provide the only true basis for the lives of individuals,
societies and nations. […] They are the only future of the human family. They save man from the
destructive force of egoism, hatred and falsehood. They point out all the false gods that draw him
into slavery: the love of self to the exclusion of God, the greed for power and pleasure that
overturns the order of justice and degrades our human dignity and that of our neighbour”
(John Paul II, Homily during the Celebration of the Word at
Mount Sinai, Saint Catherine’s Monastery, 26 February 2000).

15. “More perhaps than ever before in history, the intrinsic link between an authentic religious
attitude and the great good of peace has become evident to all” (John Paul II, Address to
Representatives of the Christian Churches and Ecclesial Communities and of the World
Religions, Assisi, 27 October 1986: Insegnamenti IX, 2 (1986), 1268.

17. GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES AND THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS
Al Masah Hotel, Cairo - Friday, 28 April 2017

18. This destiny and role of Egypt are also the reason that led the people to call
for an Egypt where no one lacks bread, freedom and social justice. Certainly
this aim will become a reality if all are willing, together, to turn words into
actions, authentic aspirations into commitments, written laws into enforced
laws, by drawing on the innate genius of the Egyptian people.

19. The true God calls to unconditional love, gratuitous pardon,
mercy, absolute respect for every life, and fraternity
among his children, believers and nonbelievers alike.

20. History instead honours men and women of peace, who courageously
and non-violently strive to build a better world: “Blessed are the
peacemakers, for they will be called children of God” (Mt 5:9).

22. COURTESY VISIT TO H.H. POPE TAWADROS II
Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate, Cairo - Friday, 28 April 2017

23. Our communion in the one Lord Jesus Christ, in the one Holy Spirit
and in one baptism already represents a deep and fundamental
reality” (Address at the Ecumenical Meeting, 25 February 2000).

24. In this exciting journey, which – like life itself – is not always easy and
straightforward, but on which the Lord exhorts us to persevere, we are not alone.
We are accompanied by a great host of saints and martyrs who, already fully one,
impel us here below to be a living image of the “Jerusalem above” (Gal 4:26).
St RafqaSt Mariam
FaouardySt Charbel St Maron

25. In the sacred
Scriptures, Peter
seems in some
way to
reciprocate the
affection of
Mark by calling
him “my son”
(1 Pet 5:13).

26. But the Evangelist and his apostolic activity are also fraternally associated with Saint
Paul, who, before dying a martyr in Rome, mentions Mark’s great usefulness in his
ministry (cf. 2 Tim 4:11) and speaks of him frequently (cf. Philem 24; Col 4:10).

27. Fraternal charity and communion in mission: these are the messages that the word of
God and our own origins have bequeathed to us. They are the evangelical seeds that
we rejoice to water together and, with God’s help, to make grow (cf. 1 Cor 3:6-7).

28. I have come as a pilgrim to this land that the Lord himself loves to visit.
For here, in his glory he came down upon Mount Sinai (cf. Ex 24:16),
and here, in his humility, he found refuge as a child (cf. Mt 2:14).

29. COMMON DECLARATION
OF HIS HOLINESS FRANCIS
AND HIS HOLINESS TAWADROS II

30. His Holiness Pope Shenouda III used to say, the “people blessed by God”
(cf. Is 19:25) with its ancient Pharaonic civilization, the Greek and Roman
heritage, the Coptic tradition and the Islamic presence. Egypt is the place
where the Holy Family found refuge, a land of martyrs and saints.
Pope Shenouda III

31. 2. Our deep bond of friendship and fraternity has its origin in the full communion that
existed between our Churches in the first centuries and was expressed in many different
ways through the early Ecumenical Councils, dating back to the Council of Nicaea in 325

32. 6. This love finds its deepest expression in common prayer. When
Christians pray together, they come to realize that what unites them is
much greater than what divides them. Our longing for unity receives
its inspiration from the prayer of Christ “that all may be one” (Jn 17:21)

33. Let us deepen our shared roots in the one apostolic faith by praying together and by seeking
common translations of the Lord’s Prayer and a common date for the celebration of Easter

34. 10. The mystery of Jesus who died and rose out of love lies at the heart of our
journey towards full unity. Once again, the martyrs are our guides. In the early
Church the blood of the martyrs was the seed of new Christians. So too in our
own day, may the blood of so many martyrs be the seed of unity among all
Christ’s disciples, a sign and instrument of communion and peace for the world.

35. 11. In obedience to the work of the Holy Spirit, who sanctifies the Church, keeps her
throughout the ages, and leads her to full unity – that unity for which Jesus Christ prayed:

36. We ask God our Father to guide us, in the times and by the means that
the Holy Spirit will choose, to full unity in the mystical Body of Christ.

38. HOLY MASS
Air Defense Stadium, Cairo - Saturday, 29 April 2017

39. How often do we paralyze
ourselves by refusing to
transcend our own
ideas of God, a god
created in the image and
likeness of man!
How often do we despair
by refusing to believe that
God’s omnipotence is not
one of power and
authority, but rather of
love, forgiveness and life!

40. The disciples recognized Jesus in the “breaking of the bread”, in the Eucharist.
Unless we tear apart the veil clouding our vision and shatter the hardness of our
hearts and our prejudices, we will never be able to recognize the face of God.

41. Resurrection. In the gloom of their darkest night,
at the moment of their greatest despair, Jesus approaches
the two disciples and walks at their side, to make them see
that he is “the Way, and the Truth and the Life” (Jn 14:6).

42. Jesus turns their despair into life, for when human hope vanishes, divine hope begins to shine
in its place. “What is impossible with men is possible with God” (Lk 18:27; cf. 1:37).

43. When we reach the depths of failure and helplessness, when we rid ourselves of the illusion
that we are the best, sufficient unto ourselves and the centre of our world, then God reaches
out to us to turn our night into dawn, our affliction into joy, our death into resurrection. He
turns our steps back to Jerusalem, back to life and to the victory of the Cross (cf. Heb 11:34).

44. Life. The encounter with the Risen Jesus
transformed the lives of those two disciples
because meeting the Risen One transforms every
life, and makes fruitful what is barren
(cf. Benedict XVI, General Audience, 11 April 2007).

45. Faith in the resurrection is not a product of the Church, but the Church herself
Is born of faith in the resurrection. As Saint Paul says: “If Christ has not been
raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain” (1 Cor 15:14).

46. The Risen Lord vanished from the sight of the disciples in order to teach
us that we cannot hold on to Jesus as he appeared in history: “Blessed
are those who believe and yet have not seen” (Jn 21:29; cf. 20:17).

47. The Church needs to know and believe that Jesus lives within her and gives her life in the
Eucharist, the scriptures and the sacraments. The disciples on the way to Emmaus realized
this, and returned to Jerusalem in order to share their experience with the others:
“We have seen the Risen One… Yes, he is truly risen!” (cf. Lk 24:32).

48. God is pleased only by a faith that is proclaimed by our lives, for
the only fanaticism believers can have is that of charity! Any other
fanaticism does not come from God and is not pleasing to him!

49. May Our Lady and the Holy Family, who dwelt in this venerable land of yours, enlighten
our hearts and bless you and this beloved country of Egypt, which at the dawn of
Christianity welcomed the preaching of Saint Mark, and throughout its history has
brought forth so many martyrs and a great multitude of holy men and women.

51. MEETING AND PRAYER WITH PRIESTS, RELIGIOUS AND SEMINARIANS
Saint Leo the Great Patriarchal Seminary, Maadi - Saturday, 29 April 2017

52. “Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father’s good
pleasure to give you the kingdom” (Lk 12:32).

53. 1 The temptation to let ourselves be led, rather than to lead.

54. 2. The temptation to complain constantly.

55. 3. The temptation to gossip and envy

56. 4. The temptation to compare ourselves to others.

57. 5. The temptation to become like Pharaoh – we are in Egypt! – that is,
to harden our hearts and close them off to the Lord and our brothers and sisters.

58. 6. The temptation to individualism

59. 7. The temptation to keep walking without direction or destination.

60. May the Holy Family protect and bless all of you, your country and its entire people. With all
my heart, I invoke God’s blessings on you, and through you I greet the faithful whom the Lord
has entrusted to your care. May he grant you the fruits of his Holy Spirit: “love, joy, peace,
patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control” (Gal 5:22).

62. LIST OF PRESENTATIONS IN ENGLISH
Revised 27-5-2020
Advent and Christmas – time of hope and peace
Amoris Laetitia – ch 1 – In the Light of the Word
Amoris Laetitia – ch 2 – The Experiences and Challenges of Families
Amoris Laetitia – ch 3 - Looking to Jesus, the Vocation of the Family
Amoris Laetitia – ch 4 - Love in Marriage
Amoris Laetitia – ch 5 – Love made Fruitfuol
Amoris Laetitia – ch 6 – Some Pastoral Perspectives
Amoris Laetitia – ch 7 – Towards a better education of children
Amoris Laetitia – ch 8 – Accompanying, discerning and integrating weaknwss
Amoris Laetitia – ch 9 – The Spirituality of Marriage and the Family
Beloved Amazon 1ª – A Social Dream
Beloved Amazon 2 - A Cultural Dream
Beloved Amazon 3 – An Ecological Dream
Beloved Amazon 4 - An Ecclesiastical Dream
Carnival
Christ is Alive
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 1 – Church and Family today
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 2 - God’s plan for the family
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 1 – family as a Community
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 2 – serving life and education
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 3 – mission of the family in society
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 4 - Family in the Church
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 4 Pastoral familiar
Football in Spain
Haurietis aquas – devotion to the Sacred Heart by Pius XII
Holidays and Holy Days
Holy Spirit
Holy Week – drawings for children
Holy Week – glmjpses of the last hours of JC
Inauguration of President Donald Trump
Juno explores Jupiter
Laudato si 1 – care for the common home
Laudato si 2 – Gospel of creation
Laudato si 3 – Human roots of the ecological crisis
Laudato si 4 – integral ecology
Laudato si 5 – lines of approach and action
Laudato si 6 – Education y Ecological Spirituality
Love and Marriage 1-
Love and Marriage 2 – growing up to sexual maturity
Love and Marriage 3 – psychological differences and complimentarity
Love and Marriage 4- causes of sexual attraction
Love and Marriage 5- freedom and intimacy
Love and Marriage 6 - human love
Love and Marriage 7 - destiny of human love
Love and Marriage 8- marriage between Christian believers
Love and Marriage 9 – sacrament of marriage
Lumen Fidei – ch 1,2,3,4
Medjugore Pilgrimage
Misericordiae Vultus in English
Mother Teresa of Calcuta – Saint
Pope Benedict in Germany – WYD Koln 2005
Pope Franciss in Thailand
Pope Francis in Japan
Pope Francis in Sweden
Pope Francis in America
Pope Francis in the WYD in Poland 2016
Pope Francis in the Holy Land – Jordan, Palestine, Israel
Querida Amazonia
Redeemer of Man – Redemptor Hominis
Resurrection of Jesus Christ –according to the Gospels
Russian Revolution and Communismo 3 civil war 1918.1921
Russian Revolution and Communism 1
Russian Revolution and Communismo 2
Saint Joseph
Saint Patrick and Ireland
Sunday – day of the Lord
Thanksgiving – History and Customs
The Body, the cult – (Eucharist)
Valentine
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Way of the Cross – drawings for children
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63. LISTA DE PRESENTACIONES EN ESPAÑOL
Revisado 27-5-2020
Abuelos
Adviento y Navidad, tiempo de esperanza
Amor y Matrimonio 1 - 9
Amoris Laetitia – ch 1 – A la luz de la Palabre
Amoris Laetitia – ch 2 – Realidad y Desafíos de las Familias
Amoris Laetitia – ch 3 La mirada puesta en Jesús: Vocación de la Familia
Amoris Laetitia – ch 4 - El Amor en el Matrimonio
Amoris Laetitia – ch 5 – Amor que se vuelve fecundo
Amoris Laetitia – ch 6 – Algunas Perspectivas Pastorales
Amoris Laetitia – ch 7 – Fortalecer la educacion de los hijos
Amoris Laetitia – ch 8 – Acompañar, discernir e integrar la fragilidad
Amoris Laetitia – ch 9 – Espiritualidad Matrimonial y Familiar
Carnaval
Cristo Vive
Domingo – día del Señor
El camino de la cruz de JC en dibujos para niños
El Cuerpo, el culto – (eucarisía)
Espíritu Santo
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 1 – iglesia y familia hoy
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 2 - el plan de Dios para la familia
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 1 – familia como comunidad
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 2 – servicio a la vida y educación
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 3 – misión de la familia en la sociedad
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 4 - participación de la familia en la iglesia
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 4 Pastoral familiar
Fátima – Historia de las Apariciones de la Virgen
Feria de Sevilla
Haurietis aquas – el culto al Sagrado Corazón
Hermandades y cofradías
Hispanidad
Laudato si 1 – cuidado del hogar común
Laudato si 2 – evangelio de creación
Laudato si 3 – La raíz de la crisis ecológica
Laudato si 4 – ecología integral
Laudato si 5 – líneas de acción
Laudato si 6 – Educación y Espiritualidad Ecológica
Lumen Fidei – cap 1,2,3,4
Madre Teresa de Calcuta – Santa
María y la Biblia
Medjugore peregrinación
Misericordiae Vultus en Español
Papa Francisco en Bulgaria
Papa Francisco en Rumania
Papa Francisco en Marruecos
Papa Francisco en México
Papa Francisco – mensaje para la Jornada Mundial Juventud 2016
Papa Francisco – visita a Chile
Papa Francisco – visita a Perú
Papa Francisco en Colombia 1 + 2
Papa Francisco en Cuba
Papa Francisco en Fátima
Papa Francisco en la JMJ 2016 – Polonia
Queridas Amazoznia 1 un sueños social
Queridas Amazoznia 2 un suepo cultural
Queridas Amazoznia 3 un seuños ecologico
Queridas Amazoznia 4 un sueño eclesial
Redentor del Hombre – Redemptor Hominis
Resurrección de Jesucristo – según los Evangelios
Revolución Rusa y Comunismo 1,2, + 3
San José
Santiago Apóstol
Semana santa – Vistas de las últimas horas de JC
Vacaciones Cristianas
Valentín
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