WYD Krakow 2016 draft schedule released
(Vatican Radio) A draft of
the program of the trip that Pope Francis will make to Poland from July 27 to
31 in the context of the 31st World Youth Day was presented in
Krakow on Saturday.
According to the provisional
schedule, the Pope is to arrive Wednesday, July 27, at Krakow-Balice airport.
The first meetings are to be those with the President of the Republic and the
Polish bishops. In the evening, the draft program sees the Pope with the
archbishop of Krakow, and greeting people from the same window from which St.
John Paul II used to speak to young people.
Thursday, July 28, Pope
Francis is expected to stop in Czestochowa with a private prayer before the
icon of the Black Madonna, and offer Mass on the occasion of 1,050th anniversary
of the Baptism of Poland.
Friday, July 29, the draft
program contains a visit to the extermination camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau, and
in the afternoon the Via Crucis on the Esplanade of Krakow.
Saturday, July 30, there is
to be a visit to the Sanctuary of Divine Mercy in Lagiewniki, with the Holy
Father passing through the Holy Door and going on to visit the chapel where St.
Faustina Kowalska is buried (the chapel is not in the Sanctuary, but next
door). A Mass with priests, religious and seminarians is to follow. In the
Sanctuary, it is expected that the Pope should confess some young people; then
take lunch with some of them. In the evening, there is scheduled a prayer vigil
for World Youth Day.
Sunday, July 31, Pope Francis
is to celebrate Mass in the morning with the sending out of young people. In
the afternoon, he is to meet with the volunteers, organizing committee, and
benefactors of World Youth Day.
Finally, there is to be the
farewell ceremony and departure for Rome.
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