Pope to visit Auschwitz

Pope Francis will visit the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau during a trip to Poland, to attend World Youth Day

30km 19 miles

Częstochowa

Black Madonna Shrine

Auschwitz-Birkenau:Network of German Nazi death camps operated during World War II. At least 1.1 million prisoners died, mostly Jews

POLAND

Katowice

Oświęcim

Kraków World Youth Day

High voltage fencing, Auschwitz II death camp

PAPAL ITINERARY (abridged)

Wed, Jul 27 – to Poland

2:00pm: Flight to Kraków

5:40pm: Visit President Andrzej Duda in Hall of Birds, Wawel Palace

Thu, Jul 28 – Częstochowa

10:30am: Holy mass near Black

Madonna of Częstochowa shrine,Monastery of Jasna Gora

Fri, Jul 29 – Oświęcim 9:30am: Visit to Auschwitz

Sat, Jul 30 – Kraków 9:15am: Rite of Reconciliation at Shrine of the Divine Mercy

Sun, Jul 31 – Kraków 10:00am: Holy Mass – World Youth Day 6:30pm: Flight to Rome

Pope Francis is third pontiff to visit Auschwitz, after Pope John Paul II (1979) and Pope Benedict XVI (2006)

Sources: Holy See Press Office, wire agencies

Pictures: Getty Images