WYD ’16: A Poignant Poland Pilgrimage

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Image: World Youth Day closing Mass on July 31 in Krakow, Poland – WYD English Twitter (Photo: WYD English Twitter)

HALLOWED GROUND. Pope Francis prayed July 29 in the cell where St. Maximilian Kolbe was martyred at the Auschwitz concentration camp. Francis celebrated Mass at the Shrine of Czestochowa on July 28. L’Osservatore Romano

TIME FOR PRAYER. Francis prayed before an image of Our Lady of Czestochowa at Wawel Cathedral in Krakow on July 27. Pilgrims joined the Pope at the Campus Misericordiae prayer vigil July 30 for World Youth Day. Nuns joined pilgrims at the July 29 Way of the Cross in Blonia Park with the Holy Father.

JOY AND REFLECTION. World Youth Day pilgrims, with a cross, awaited the arrival of Pope Francis at the Jasna Gora Monastery in Czestochowa on July 28. Francis prayed at the ‘Wall of Death’ at Auschwitz on July 29.

 

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World Youth Day closing Mass on July 31 in Krakow, Poland

– WYD English Twitter

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