Today is just the beginning for our coverage of Pope's Francis visit to the United States later this week We'll have Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Mundo staff members covering portions of his visit to Washington, D.C., on Wednesday and Thursday and Philadelphia over the weekend when more than 1 million people are expected to attend the Festival of Families on Saturday and the papal mass on Sunday. Come back to ajc.com and our printed edition for daily live coverage.
Key events during Pope Francis’s U.S. visit
Tuesday: Arrives in Washington, D.C., at Joint Base Andrews at 4 p.m.
Wednesday: Meets with President Barack Obama; leads prayer with U.S. bishops at Saint Matthew’s Cathedral in D.C. at 11:30 p.m.
Thursday: Speech to joint session of Congress at 9:20 a.m.; prayer at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York at 6:45 p.m.
Friday: Speech to United Nations General Assembly at 8:30 a.m.; multi-religion service at 9/11 Memorial and Museum at 11:30 a.m.; mass at Madison Square Garden at 6 p.m.
Saturday: Festival of Families in Philadelphia on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway at 7 p.m.
Sunday: Papal Mass for World Meeting of Families Congress on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway at 4 p.m.
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