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| Pope Francis to pray at former Auschwitz-Birkenau camp | Pope Francis to pray at former Auschwitz-Birkenau camp |
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| Pope Francis is due to pray at the former death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau in what was Nazi-occupied Poland. | |
| He will walk in silence around the concentration and extermination camp where 1.1 million people, mostly Jews, were killed during World War Two. | |
| On the third day of his visit to Poland, the pontiff will also meet camp survivors and Poles who risked their lives to hide Jews from the Nazis. | On the third day of his visit to Poland, the pontiff will also meet camp survivors and Poles who risked their lives to hide Jews from the Nazis. |
| He is in the country to mark 1,050 years since it adopted Christianity. | He is in the country to mark 1,050 years since it adopted Christianity. |
| Francis will be the third Pope to walk through the main gate of Auschwitz, under its infamous inscription "Arbeit Macht Frei" - work sets you free. | Francis will be the third Pope to walk through the main gate of Auschwitz, under its infamous inscription "Arbeit Macht Frei" - work sets you free. |
| But unlike his German and Polish predecessors, he does not plan to speak about the horrors that occurred there, says Adam Easton in Poland reports. | But unlike his German and Polish predecessors, he does not plan to speak about the horrors that occurred there, says Adam Easton in Poland reports. |
| Instead he will pray and walk in silent contemplation as he looks at the piles of children's shoes and the hair shorn from camp inmates. | |
| The Argentine Pope is on a five-day trip to Poland. | The Argentine Pope is on a five-day trip to Poland. |
| During a World Youth Day rally in the southern city of Krakow on Thursday, he urged compassion for migrants. | During a World Youth Day rally in the southern city of Krakow on Thursday, he urged compassion for migrants. |
| He told hundreds of thousands of people that "a merciful heart opens up to welcome refugees and migrants" - a statement that puts him at odds with Poland's anti-immigrant right-wing government. | He told hundreds of thousands of people that "a merciful heart opens up to welcome refugees and migrants" - a statement that puts him at odds with Poland's anti-immigrant right-wing government. |