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(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis said a ‘surprise’ goodbye to the people of Poland on Sunday evening before departing from Krakow at the end of his 5-day apostolic journey.Appearing unexpectedly at the balcony of the Archbishop’s House for the fourth time in the past five days, the Pope had words of thanks and farewell to the many, especially young people, gathered in the Square below.Speaking Spanish, Pope Francis thanked everyone for the ‘warm welcome’ received and for the ‘good company’!He asked those present not to forget to pray for him and recited Our Lady’s prayer before blessing the crowd which he left with a final "Do Widzenia!".Pope Francis then travelled to Krakow International Airport where he met privately for a short while with the President of Poland before boarding Poland's LOT Boeing 787 Dreamliner airplane bringing him home at the end of an official farewell ceremony.The Pope arrives back in the ...
(Vatican Radio) Vatican Weekend for July 31, 2016 features our weekly reflection on the Sunday Gospel presented by Jill Bevilacqua in the series 'There's More in the Sunday Gospel than Meets the Eye'. But we also look back on Pope Francis’ just concluded apostolic visit to Poland and we hear from Lydia O’Kane who has been in Krakow reporting on the journey and speaking to all sorts of people there…Listen to the Programme presented and produced by Linda Bordoni:
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has told young people that he doesn’t know whether he will still be around for the next World Youth Day, “but Peter certainly will”.In the last address of his 5-day visit to Poland as he thanked World Youth Day volunteers for their hard work, the Pope handed over his prepared remarks and spoke off-the-cuff, touching on a number of questions.He reminded the young people that if they want to represent hope for the future they must remember their origins.“I must ask myself where I come from… the memory of my people, the memory of my family, and the memory of my history. […] The memory of a path that has already been trodden and all that we have received from adults. A young person with no memory cannot be a beacon of hope for the future” he said.And the Pope invited all young people to speak and to listen to their parents, to their grandparents and to elderly people in general whom – he said – ...
Krakow, Poland, Jul 31, 2016 / 01:54 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- How can young people prepare for the next World Youth Day, Pope Francis asks? Remember the past, be courageous in the present, and have hope for the future.The Pope made these impromptu remarks just before catching his departing flight to Rome July 31 during a meeting with the 20,000 volunteers who served at this year's WYD in Krakow.Sunday’s meeting came just hours after the official closing Mass for the international youth event in Krakow’s “Campus Misericordiae,” after which it was announced that the 2019 WYD would take place in the Central American nation of Panama.Addressing the lively crowd which filled the city’s Tauron Stadium, the Roman Pontiff tossed aside his prepared remark – “five pages . . . a little boring, right?” – and, speaking in his native Spanish, thanked the volunteers for undertaking this “adventure of generosity.”Francis thanked them...
MOSCOW (AP) -- To understand what the Kremlin thinks about the prospect of Hillary Clinton becoming the U.S. president, it was enough to watch Russian state television coverage of her accepting the Democratic nomination....
ROUEN, France (AP) -- Muslims in France and Italy flocked to Mass on Sunday, a gesture of interfaith solidarity following a drumbeat of jihadi attacks that threatens to deepen religious divisions across Europe....
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- IOC President Thomas Bach defended the decision not to ban Russia's entire team from the Rio Games, declaring Sunday that the doping crisis won't damage the Olympic body's credibility and taking a swipe at global anti-doping officials for failing to act sooner against state-sponsored cheating in Russia....
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Texas will allow concealed handgun license holders to carry their weapons into public university buildings, classrooms and dorms starting Monday, which is also the 50th anniversary of the mass shooting at the University of Texas' landmark clock tower....
LOCKHART, Texas (AP) -- Authorities confirmed Sunday that 16 people were killed in the fiery crash of a hot air balloon in Central Texas, saying it will take "a long process" to identify the victims of the worst such disaster in U.S. history....
CLEVELAND (AP) -- As he turns his attention to the general election, Donald Trump is signaling that he is ready to tone down his fiery rhetoric on illegal immigration - at least behind closed doors....
