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Poles at World Youth Days

A Polish contingent of 3,500 people will be the largest national group from Europe taking part in the World Youth Days, which are to start in Panama on 22 January.

Poland is the only country to organize charter flights for the pilgrims by LOT Polish Airlines. The first of them, a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, featuring a white-and-red livery to commemorate the centenary of Poland’s regained independence, left Warsaw on Saturday.

The Polish group includes over 300 volunteers and 150 scouts – members of the event’s medical services. Meetings with Pope Francis will also be attended by 11 Polish bishops.

Bishop Marek Solarczyk has told a press conference in Warsaw that the World Youth Days with the Pope are a testimony of faith and an exchange of experience amongst young people from across the globe.An icon of the Black Madonna of Częstochowa is to be displayed during the meetings with the Pope.Three exhibitions on Polish themes are planned, devoted to Polish Madonnas, Pope John Paul II and members of the Ulma family who were executed in 1942 for sheltering Jews on their farm in south-eastern Poland.The World Youth Days in Panama end on 27 January. The previous such event was held in the Polish city of Krakow in the summer of 2016.(mk/tf)
Bishop Marek Solarczyk has told a press conference in Warsaw that the World Youth Days with the Pope are a testimony of faith and an exchange of experience amongst young people from across the globe.

An icon of the Black Madonna of Częstochowa is to be displayed during the meetings with the Pope.

Three exhibitions on Polish themes are planned, devoted to Polish Madonnas, Pope John Paul II and members of the Ulma family who were executed in 1942 for sheltering Jews on their farm in south-eastern Poland.

The World Youth Days in Panama end on 27 January. The previous such event was held in the Polish city of Krakow in the summer of 2016.

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