10.30am The President and Mr Preca meet Pope Francis in a private audience at the Vatican.

11.15am The President meets Vatican Secretary of State Pietro Parolin.

3pm The President meets Vatican archivist and librarian Jean Louis Brugues at the Vatican Library.

4pm Mr Preca meets president of the Pontifical Council for Culture Gianfranco Ravasi at the Vatican.

5pm The President and Mr Preca host a reception in honour of the ambassadors accredited to Malta and resident in Rome.

Tuesday

9am Mr Preca meets prefect emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints Jose Sarava Martins at the Vatican.

10am The President and Mr Preca visit the Libreria Editrice at the Vatican.

11am The President visits St Peter’s basilica and Studio del Mosaico followed by a meeting with Angelo Comastri, president of Fabbrica di San Pietro in Rome.

3pmThe President meets the Congregation of Maltese Franciscan nuns in Rome.

5.30pm The President and Mr Preca attend Mass concelebrated by Cardinal Prospero Grech and Mgr Alfred Xuereb at Collegio Internazionale Santa Monica, Rome.

6.30pm The President and Mr Preca host a reception in honour of the Maltese community at Collegio Internazionale Santa Monica.

Wednesday

The President and Mr Preca arrive at Malta International Airport.

7.30pm The President and Mr Preca attend the concert Voices 2014 – Heart & Soul at the Mediterranean Conference Centre, Valletta.

Thursday

9am The President meets Care Mark operations manager Maria Cassar at San Anton Palace, Attard.

9.30am The President visits Anthony Paul Bilocca on his 102nd birthday and Dolores Falzon on her 100th birthday at the elderly home in Żejtun on the occasion of International Day of Older Persons.

11.30am The President presides over a press conference launching the cultural tours at San Anton Palace.

3.15pm The President receives a German parliamentary dele­gation on a courtesy call at San Anton Palace.

5pm The President and Mr Preca preside over a Malta Community Chest Fund board meeting at San Anton Palace.

Friday

8am The President visits Freshers’ Day at Sir M.A. Refalo Sixth Form, Victoria.

9.45am The President visits Freshers’ Week at the University of Malta, Msida.

11am The President visits the Malta Broadcasting Authority in Ħamrun and unveils a plaque to mark its 53rd anniversary.

5.15pm The President is inter­viewed by John Bundy for Ma’ Bundy at RTK Studios, Ħamrun.

6pm The President visits the AFM during the Open Day at Luqa Barracks, Luqa.

Saturday

6.55pm The President visits the Sea Cadets headquarters in Kalkara.

8pm The President and Mr Preca visit The Palace during Notte Bianca in Valletta.

Next Sunday

8am The President visits the participants of Walk the Towers organised by the Malta Sports Council in aid of the Malta Community Chest Fund at the Scouts headquaters in Mellieħa.

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