About 18:00 at Blonie Park will begin Way of the Cross of the Holy Father.
Friday the Pope will start from the private Mass in the chapel of the Palace of the Archbishops of Cracow.
A visit to Auschwitz
before 9.30 am visited Auschwitz, and in connection with the 75th anniversary of the martyrdom of Saint. Maximilian Kolbe. Francis alone passed the entrance gate of the camp, then climbed into the electric vehicle, and then prayed alone, in silence. – I alone go and pray that the Lord gave me the grace of tears – the Holy Father said.
At the site of the Holy Father greeted the Prime Minister Beata Szydlo, whose great-grandfather was killed in the camp.
The Holy Father he met with 15 people from the camp survivors. Francis lit a candle at the Death Wall of Block 11, where the Germans shot the prisoners.
In the cell martyrdom of St. Maximilian Kolbe Francis held a private prayer.
Lord, have mercy on your people! Lord, forgive so much cruelty! – the Holy Father wrote in the visitors’ book.
Francis Birkenau
Around 10:30, the Pope visited the Birkenau camp. Again, it was met Prime Minister of Law and Justice deputy, whose great-grandfather, my mother’s side, was killed in a death camp.
A silent prayer was held at the International Monument to the Victims of the Camp, which will be gathered about 1000 visitors. Then the Holy Father met with the 25 “Righteous Among the Nations.”
At 16:30 hours the Pope will come to Prokocim, where he will visit the University Children’s Hospital, and at 18:00 on Blonie Park begins way of the Cross with his participation. At the end of the Holy Father will give a short speech.
After dinner, the Holy Father again to appear in the “pope’s window” at the Franciscan 3.
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