Apostolic Journey of the Holy Father to Poland, 31st World Youth Day (27-31 July 2016)

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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)

Live video transmission by CTV
(Vatican Television Center)

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