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Pope Arrives in Mexico on Jan. 23

Pope Benedict XVI is scheduled to visit Mexico and Cuba, March 23 to March 28. Here are some departure and arrival times from his itinerary.  Times listed are local, with Eastern Daylight Time in parentheses:
Friday, March 23 (Rome, Leon)
– 9:30 a.m. (4:30 a.m.), Departure from Rome’s Fiumicino airport for Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico.
– 4:30 p.m. (6:30 p.m.), Arrival ceremony at Guanajuato’s International Airport. Speech by pope.
Sunday, March 25 (Leon)
– 2 p.m. (2 p.m.), Arrival ceremony at Santiago de Cuba’s Antonio Maceo International Airport. Speech by pope.