Vatican confirms pope's visit to Poland in May

Published: 2006-04-10

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Vatican confirmed Pope Benedict XVI will visit Poland May 25-28, and the trip will include Pope John Paul II's hometown and the former Nazi death camp at Auschwitz. Formally announcing the trip April 8, the Vatican said the pope would spend one night in Warsaw, Poland's capital, and two nights in Krakow, the city where Pope John Paul had served as archbishop. While a detailed itinerary was not released, the Vatican listed the places the pope would visit each day: May 25, Rome to Warsaw; May 26, the shrine of Our Lady Jasna Gora in Czestochowa, then on to Krakow; May 27, Wadowice, the birthplace of Pope John Paul, and the shrine to Christ's passion at Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, 30 miles outside Krakow, then returning to the city for the night; May 28, Auschwitz, then returning to Krakow for the flight back to Rome.

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