Pope Francis Starts Historic Two-Day Visit To New York City

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Pope Francis has touched down in New York City, arriving at JFK International Airport at approximately 5:20 p.m. Thursday for a two-day visit to the city during a historic trip to the United States.

Pope Francis after arriving at JFK Airport Thursday.
Photo Credit: *CNN screengrab*

Pope Francis after arriving in the United States on Wednesday, at Joint Andrews Base in Maryland just outside Washington, D.C.
Photo Credit: *The White House*

Nicole Briggs

09/24/2015 5:25 p.m.

The pope made the trip from Washington, D.C., in an American Airlines chartered plane which displayed flags of the United States and Vatican.

The 78-year-old pope, making his first-ever visit to the U.S., was greeted by children from local Catholic schools and Cardinal Timothy Dolan after touching down. He is scheduled to take a helicopter to the Wall Street area before boarding the "Pope mobile" in a motorcade to St. Patrick’s Cathedral that is scheduled to start at 6:45 p.m.

Pope Francis will make will numerous stops in the city Friday, including a multi-religious service at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum at 11:30 a.m., a papal motorcade through Central Park at 5 p.m. and a mass at Madison Square Garden at 6 p.m.

The pope will leave for Philadelphia Saturday morning.

View the pope’s full itinerary here.

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