Here is the schedule for the trip as released by the Vatican. Times listed are local, with Eastern Daylight Time in parentheses:
Monday, July 22 (Rome, Rio)
– 8:45 a.m. (2:45 a.m.) Departure from Rome’s Leonardo da Vinci International Airport to Rio de Janeiro.
– 4 p.m. (3 p.m.) Arrival ceremony at Rio’s Galeao-Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport.
– 5 p.m. (4 p.m.) Welcome ceremony in the Guanabara Palace garden. Speech by pope.
– 5:40 p.m. (4:40 p.m.) Courtesy visit to Rousseff in the Guanabara Palace.
Tuesday, July 23 (Rio)
Private time in the Sumare Residence.
Wednesday, July 24 (Rio, Aparecida)
– 8:15 a.m. (7:15 a.m.) Departure by helicopter from Rio to Aparecida.
– 9:30 a.m. (8:30 a.m.) Arrival at Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida.
– 10 a.m. (9 a.m.) Veneration of the image of Our Lady of Aparecida in the Shrine of the Twelve Apostles.
– 10:30 a.m. (9:30 a.m.) Mass in the Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida. Homily by pope.
– 1 p.m. (12 noon) Lunch with bishops and seminarians of the province of Aparecida in the Bom Jesus Seminary.
– 4:10 p.m. (3:10 p.m.) Departure by helicopter from Aparecida to Rio.
– 5:25 p.m. (4:25 p.m.) Arrival in Rio.
– 6:30 p.m. (5:30 p.m.) Visit to Rio’s St. Francis of Assisi Hospital. Speech by pope.
Thursday, July 25 (Rio)
– 9:45 a.m. (8:45 a.m.) Pope receives the keys to the city and blesses the Olympic flags in Rio’s City Hall.
– 11 a.m. (10 a.m.) Visit to residents of Varginha in the Manguinhos complex of slums. Speech by pope.
– 6 p.m. (5 p.m.) Welcome celebration with young people on Rio’s Copacabana beach. Speech by pope.
Friday, July 26 (Rio)
– 10 a.m. (9 a.m.) Pope hears confessions of some young people in Rio’s Quinta da Boa Vista Park.
– 11:30 a.m. (10:30 a.m.) Meeting with young prisoners at archbishop’s palace.
– 12 noon (11 a.m.) Pope prays Angelus and gives speech from balcony of archbishop’s palace.
– 12:15 p.m. (11:15 a.m.) Meeting with organizers and benefactors of the XXVIII World Youth Day in the archbishop’s palace.
– 1 p.m. (12 noon) Lunch with young people in the archbishop’s palace.
– 6 p.m. (5 p.m.) Stations of the Cross with young people on Copacabana beach. Speech by pope.
Saturday, July 27 (Rio)
– 9 a.m. (8 a.m.) Mass with bishops, priests, religious and seminarians in Rio’s Cathedral of St. Sebastian. Homily by pope.
– 11:30 a.m. (10:30 a.m.) Meeting with the “ruling class of Brazil” in Rio’s Municipal Theater. Speech by pope.
– 1:30 p.m. (12:30 p.m.) Lunch with Brazilian cardinals, leaders of the Brazilian bishops’ conference and bishops of the region in the Sumare Study Center, Rio.
– 7:30 p.m. (6:30 p.m.) Prayer vigil with young people at the “Campus Fidei” in Guaratiba. Speech by pope.
Sunday, July 28, 2013 (Rio)
– 10 a.m. (9 a.m.) Mass and Angelus at the “Campus Fidei,” Guaratiba. Homily and remarks by pope.
– 4 p.m. (3 p.m.) Meeting with the coordinating committee of the Latin American bishops’ council, CELAM, in the Sumare Study Center. Speech by pope.
– 4:40 p.m. (3:40 p.m.) Departure from the Sumare Residence.
– 5:30 p.m. (4:30 p.m.) Meeting with World Youth Day volunteers in Rio Center. Speech by pope.
– 6:30 p.m. (5:30 p.m.) Farewell ceremony at Galeao-Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport. Speech by pope.
– 7 p.m. (6 p.m.) Departure for Rome.
Monday, July 29 (Rome)
– 11:30 a.m. (5:30 a.m.) Arrival at Rome’s Ciampino Airport.