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APOSTOLIC JOURNEY OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS
TO POLAND

ON THE OCCASION OF THE XXXI WORLD YOUTH DAY
(27-31 JULY 2016)

Apostolic Journey of his Holiness Pope Francis to Poland, 27-31 July 2016

Live video transmission by CTV
(Vatican Television Center)  

Live CTV

 

Wednesday, 27 July 2016

14:00 Departure from Rome Fiumicino International Airport for Kraków
Greeting to journalists on the flight to Kraków
[English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish]
 
16:00 Arrival at “St John Paul II” International Airport in Balice-Kraków  
  Welcome ceremony in the Military Area of the International Airport of Balice-Kraków  
17:00 Meeting with the Authorities, the Civil Society and Diplomatic Corps in the courtyard of Wawel
[Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish]
 
17:40 Courtesy visit to the President of the Republic in the Hall of Birds of Wawel Palace  
18:30 Meeting with the Polish Bishops in the Cathedral of Kraków
[English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish]
 
20:45 Dialogue with Italian young people
[English, Italian, Spanish]
 
21:15 Greetings to the faithful from the window of the Archbishop's house in Kraków
[Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish]
 

 

Thursday, 28 July 2016

07:40 Transfer to Balice-Kraków Airport  
  Stopover at the Convent of the Sisters of the Presentation  
08:30 Transfer by helicopter to Częstochowa  
09:45 Arrival at the Monastery of Jasna Gora and Prayer at the Chapel of the Black Madonna  
10:30 Holy Mass on the occasion of the 1050th anniversary of the Baptism of Poland, in the area near the Shrine of Częstochowa
[Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish]
 
12:45 Transfer by helicopter to Balice-Kraków Airport  
17:30 Welcoming ceremony by the young people at Jordan Park in Kraków's Błonia
[Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish]
 
20:30 Greetings to the faithful from the window of the Archbishop's house in Kraków
[Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish]
 

 

Friday, 29 July 2016

08:45 Transfer by helicopter to Oswięcim  
09:30 Visit to Auschwitz  
10:30 Visit to Birkenau Concetration Camp  
11:30 Transfer by helicopter to Balice-Kraków Airport  
16:30 Visit to the Children's University Hospital (UCH) in Prokocim, Kraków
[Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish]
 
18:00 Way of the Cross with the young people at Jordan Park in Kraków's Błonia
[Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish]
 
20:30 Greetings to the faithful from the window of the Archbishop's house in Kraków
[Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish]
 

 

Saturday, 30 July 2016

08:30 Visit to the Shrine of Divine Mercy in Kraków
[Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish]
 
09:00 Passing through the Door of Divine Mercy  
09:15 Rite of Reconciliation to some young people at the Divine Mercy Shrine  
10:30 Holy Mass with Priests, Men and Women Religious, Consecrated Persons and Polish Seminarians gathered in St John Paul II Shrine in Kraków
[Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish]
 
12:45 Lunch with some young people in the archiepiscopal residence  
  Prayer of the Holy Father in the Basilica of St. Francis, Cracow
[English, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish]
 
19:00 Arrival at Campus Misericordiae and passing through the Holy Door with some young people  
19:30 Prayer Vigil with the young people in Campus Misericordiae
[Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish]
 

 

Sunday, 31 July 2016

10:00 Holy Mass on the occasion of the World Youth Day in Campus Misericordiae
[Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish]
 
  Angelus
[Arabic, Croatian, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish]
 
16:30 Greetings to the faithful from the window of the Archbishop's house in Kraków
[Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish]
 
17:00 Meeting with the Volunteers of WYD and with the Organizing Committee and Benefactors in the Tauron Arena in Kraków
[Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish]
 
18:15 Farewell ceremony at Balice-Kraków  
18:30 Departure by plane for Rome
In-Flight Press Conference from Poland to Rome
[English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish]
 
20:25 Arrival at Ciampino Airport in Rome  

 

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time zones
Rome: +2h UTC
Krakow: +2h UTC

 

Bulletin of the Holy See Press Office, 9 June 2016

 

 



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