The Press Office of the Vatican published the programme of Pope Francis’s visit to Bulgaria and North Macedonia that will be held between May 5 and 7 this year. His Holiness Pope Francis will arrive in Sofia on May 5. He will deliver his first speech on Bulgarian land to the representatives of the Bulgarian authorities, public figures and members of the diplomatic corps on Atanas Burov square in front of the Presidency Building. On the first day of his visit to Bulgaria Pope Francis will visit Patriarch Neophyte and the members of the Holy Synod and on the second day of his visit His Holiness Pope Francis will visit a refugee camp and the town of Rakovski, where he will deliver a liturgy in the local Roman-Catholic church Sacred Heart of Jesus. On May 7 Pope Francis will fly from Sofia to Skopje.
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