POLAND: KRAKOW: POPE JOHN PAUL II VISITS PARENTS' GRAVE
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As his tour of his homeland draws to a close, Pope John Paul the Second has visited the tomb of his parents in Krakow.
The pontiff also said Mass at the church where he gave his first service as a priest.
And later in the day he visited a new heart surgery clinic that has been named after him.
In what many believe will be his last visit to Poland, Pope John Paul the Second visited his parent's grave in Krakow on Monday.
There is no mention of the pope, but people visit the tomb to pay their respects to his family, even when the pontiff is not in town.
A choir sang as the 77-year-old kneeled before the tombstone and prayed.
The simple, granite gravestone is engraved with the names of his mother, father and brother.
Just 10 metres (25 feet) away are the graves of Red Army soldiers and a monument dedicated to their heroism in World War Two.
The pope lit a candle in front of the tomb.
Sprays of roses in the Polish and Vatican colours - red and white and yellow and white - decorated the modest tomb.
The pope began the day with a private Mass in a chapel at Wawel Royal Cathedral, where he held his first service as a priest in 1946.
Later in the day, he opened a new heart surgery clinic, that has been named after him.
The pontiff met with recent transplant patients and told them he understood what they were going through first hand.
The ageing pope has gone through a series of operations in recent years, including a hip replacement and removal of what the Vatican says was a benign colon tumour.
Many Poles fear this could be the last visit for John Paul.
But church officials suggested he may return next year, when he has been invited for the one-thousandth anniversary of the city of Gdansk on the Baltic coast.
The pope returns to Rome on Tuesday after spending 11 days in his homeland.
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Poland: EXCLUSIVE: Biggest statue in the world of Pope John Paul II stands four stories high
Pope John Paul II is being immortalised in the Polish city of Nowa Sol with the construction of a four story high statue.
The sculpting is being done by the Polish fiberglass company MALPOL and once complete will be the largest sculpture of the former pope ever made. The work is at the behest of an anonymous person who requested for the statue to be built. Once the statue is complete, it will be displayed in Czestochowa, a Polish city known as the home of the Black Madonna painting.
The statue of the former Pope will be approximately 14.5 to 15 meters high. The largest Pope statue is currently in Chile standing at 12 metres high. There are 20 people involved in construction, including four artists. At the moment the sculpture is getting its final touches and will be transported to its new home in Czestochowa in a few days. It took about a month to sculpt and mold the statue.
Pope John Paul II, also known as the Polish Pope, still holds much affection amongst Polish Catholics and amongst believers worldwide. He was the second longest serving Pope of all time and has been sculpted numerous times before. The latest statue of the pope was revealed in 2011 and was met with much controversy for not resembling the pontiff.
Poland: Pilgrims ecstatic on eve of Pope John Paul II's sainthood
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M/S Pilgrims walking in and out of Bazylika Wadowice
W/S Bazylika Wadowice
C/U Banner of Pope John Paul II
M/S Pilgrims standing outside Bazylika Wadowice
SOT Izabella Warchal, Student from Wadowice (English): We are going to the church every Sunday so it's, I don't know, it's the most important day tomorrow, really. The most important day for us.
M/S Flowers beneath statue of John Paul II
C/U Candle bearing John Paul II's face
SOT Robert Pinagapany, Retiree from Mauritius (English): It is a fantastic feeling, I really can't put it into words. Since this morning I feel out of this world. As if it's not real, it's surreal.
W/S People walking along John Paul Square
M/S Statue of John Paul II
M/S Big screen showing old images of Pope John Paul II and his family
W/S John Paul II square
C/U Polish flag and the Vatican flag
W/S Banner on road leading into Wadowice reading Canonization of John Paul II: 27 April 2014
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Poland: Pilgrims ecstatic on eve of Pope John Paul II's sainthood
Catholic pilgrims from across the world flocked to the hometown of late Pope John Paul II, on the eve of the late Pope's canonisation, Saturday. Close to the childhood home of John Paul II, people laid down wreaths, lit candles and attended mass in the Basilica Wadowice ahead of the all-night vigil later this evening to honour the pontiff.
Pope John Paul II, born Karol Wojtyla in 1920, will be declared a saint at the Vatican Sunday less than a decade since his death in 2005. Up to one million Catholics are expected to attend the ceremony of his canonisation, falling on April 27, Divine Mercy Sunday, a religious holiday he established.
Pope John Paul II was beatified in 2011, receiving official recognition from the Catholic church of a deceased person's entrance into heaven.
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Krakow In Your Pocket - Must See John Paul II Sites
There are many sites throughout Krakow that are directly related to Pope John Paul II, and definitely worth a visit by anyone interested in tracing his legacy in his home city. From the churches where he gave his first masses, to the houses he lived in, we present you with the most important John Paul II sites located in and around the very centre of Krakow.
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Sites included on this tour:
Karol Wotyła's House in Debniki
Church of St. Stanisław Kostka
Wawel Castle and Cathedral
Kanonicza Street Apartments and Archdiocesan Museum
The Bishop's Palace
Jagellonian University
St. Florian's Church
New John Paul II statue unveiled at the Gemelli hospital in
John Paul II used to say that the Gemelli hospital in Rome was his third home. In fact, he was hospitalized there nine times and spent a total of 153 nights on the tenth floor, in the hospitals apartment reserved for the pope.
From this window he prayed the Sunday Angelus several times and even had general audiences here.
In his memory, the hospital placed a statue of John Paul II in the main entrance.
Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz
Archbishop of Krakow (Poland)
When someone walks through the door of this hospital and looks at this statue of the Pope, even at a glance, they will find inspiration and strength and receive his help and protection.
Monsignor Renato Boccardo
Secretary General, Governorate of Vatican City State.
From here, the pope gave his message that life is worth living, even with the hindrances of disease.
The statue carries the phrase Be not afraid, which John Paul II spoke during the inaugural Mass of his pontificate. According to his secretary, that was the same attitude Karol Wojtyla had during the difficult times he had to face in his life.
Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz
Archbishop of Krakow (Poland)
The Lord wanted the Pope to go experience the mystery of pain up until his last minute. His whole pontificate was full of painful moments, with particularly tragic moments, like when his life was threatened in St. Peters Square on May 13, 1981. When he lost his voice, he would write thank you to those who tended to him.
Cardinal Dziwisz said that he hopes the late popes beatification be celebrated soon.
This week theologians from the Congregation for the Cause of Saints had already approved the tests that had been presented.
The next step involves cardinals and archbishops analyzing the case as well as the popes official approval. .
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POLAND: WARSAW: POPE JOHN PAUL II VISIT (2)
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The Pope was given a hero's welcome by people lining the roads of Warsaw on Friday afternoon as he made his way to a monument for Jewish Victims.
He arrived at the Warsaw monument for Jewish victims of the Holocaust before spending a few minutes talking privately to Polish Jewish leaders.
Marek Edelman, the only surviving leader of the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto uprising, spent a few minutes with the Pontiff as did Jerzy Kichler, the head of the Union of Jewish Communities in Poland.
At the monument, the Pope said a prayer for the one (m) million Jewish victims killed at Auschwitz and nearby Birkenau camp in southern Poland as part of the Holocaust.
Earlier in the day, Poland's chief rabbi used a rare meeting with Pope John Paul II to ask for removal of a tall cross on property bordering the former Auschwitz Nazi death camp.
Rabbi Pinchas Menachem Joskowicz broached the sensitive subject during a series of brief, informal greetings the Polish-born pontiff had with religious leaders after speaking in Poland's parliament.
John Paul's brief response was inaudible, and the Vatican spokesman later called the issue a local one to be decided by the Polish church.
Other Jewish leaders in Poland criticised Joskowicz for raising the matter in what they called an inappropriate forum.
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POLAND: KRAKOW: POPE JOHN PAUL II GIVES OPEN AIR MASS
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Applauded by more then one (m) million pilgrims, Pope John Paul II gave an open-air Mass in the southern city of Krakow on Sunday.
Earlier the Pontiff met Polish Prime Minister Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz at the Archbishop's Palace.
The Pope's 11-day tour of Poland ends on Tuesday.
The Pontiff has been in his homeland for several days, conducting masses, meeting political leaders, and drawing massive crowds throughout the country.
On Sunday, Pope John Paul II received Prime Minister Wlodzimier Cimoszewicz in a 20-minute audience.
The government chief described his reception as extremely warm.
Cimoszewicz said they discussed Polish affairs, including social problems.
John Paul II has called on the government to step up efforts to ease the most painful side-effects of market reforms launched after the communists were toppled in 1989.
Huge crowds gathered for the Pope's arrival at the Blonie (pronounced Bwohneeyeh) in Krakow.
As usual, he travelled through the flag-waving masses in his
trademark Pope-mobile.
More than one (m) million pilgrims attended the open-air Mass celebration given by the Pontiff.
It was the biggest crowd so far of his 11-day pilgrimage home.
The crowd waved flags and chanted at the ceremony in this southern Polish city, where Karol Wojtyla served for decades as a priest and a bishop before his election to the papacy in 1978.
Krakow has an important place in the Pope's heart because it is the city in which he found his vocation.
The size of the crowd at Sunday's Mass was similar to that seen here 14 years ago on his first visit home.
Then, he spoke of the freedom and solidarity so much needed during communist martial law enforced between 1981 and 1983.
Since arriving in Poland on May 31, John Paul II has repeatedly called on his fellow Poles to draw from their Christian tradition as they cope with the sorts of problems, like unemployment and poverty, that have exploded since the lifting of the Iron Curtain.
Before giving communion at the Mass celebration, the Pope held the Eucharist above his head, and pilgrims lined up to receive their communion from him.
Sunday is the ninth day of John Paul's busy seventh trip to his native Poland.
The tour ends on Tuesday.
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POLAND: KRAKOW: POPE APPEARS AT HIS BALCONY WINDOW
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Pope John Paul II - who cancelled all of his planned appearances in Krakow, Poland, on Tuesday after falling ill - has appeared at the window of the archbishop's residence to greet the hundreds of well wishers waiting outside.
The 79-year-old pontiff developed a slight fever on Monday afternoon.
His appearances were cancelled on Tuesday.
Late on Tuesday, outside the archbishop's residence where the pope spent the day in bed, Vatican spokesman Navarro-Valls said the fever was down, but it was not yet known whether the pope would be well enough to attend events planned for the rest of the trip.
A couple of hours later, the pontiff appeared at a window to greet the hundreds of people who had gathered there, hoping for a glimpse of their country's favourite son.
The crowd cheered and sang a religious song, Mary, Queen of Poland.
The pope thanked the people gathered for their presence.
He then blessed them and wished them a good night before turning away from the window.
The pope still has two packed days left in his two-week pilgrimage to Poland, and the Vatican said all events would go on as planned.
But the pope's spokesman said he would not announce until Wednesday morning whether the pope would make it to each one himself.
The pontiff was to stay in Poland until Friday, then make a quick trip to Armenia to visit the ailing Orthodox Patriarch Garegin I before returning to Rome.
Navarro-Valls said no decision had been made on whether to call off the Armenia trip, which was added to his itinerary only Monday.
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Wadowice is a city in southern Poland, 50 kilometres southwest of Kraków with 19,200 inhabitants, situated on the Skawa river, confluence of Vistula, in the eastern part of Silesian Foothills. Wadowice is best known for being the birthplace of Karol Wojtyła, later Pope John Paul II.
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John Paul II : Soon-to-be saint and in Poland, still a hero
Pope John Paul II will soon be a saint, but in his native Poland he has long been a hero. Tributes to him can be found everywhere: including statues, museums and schools and streets bearing his name. Duration: 02:21
WRAP Prayers in Krakow for the Pope
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1. Exterior of Church Sainte Marie
2. Statue of Pope John Paul II on exterior wall
3. Various of service and members of congregation
4. Wide shot of service
5. Priest leading service
6. Statue
7. Various of congregation
8. Wide tilt from church ceiling to service
9. Various of people outside church with candles
10. Woman with flower
11. Woman praying
NIGHT SHOTS
12. People gathered beneath Krakow Curia singing
13. Wide shot of people gathered outside Krakow Curia singing
14. Young man with tears in his eyes, his arms around woman
15. Man placing down flowers
16. Child crying, wipes eyes
17. Mid shot of crowd
18. Woman with tears in her eyes, holding a candle
19. Wide shot of people gathered beneath Krakow Curia singing
STORYLINE
Poles prayed on Friday for Pope John Paul II at the Church Sainte Marie in Krakow, joining a nationwide tide of emotion as the ailing pontiff's condition deteriorated.
The pope was said to be near death on Friday evening, his breathing shallow and his heart and kidneys failing, the Vatican said.
Karol Wojtyla rose to bishop then to cardinal in Krakow, before becoming pope in 1978.
The faithful heeded a call from Cardinal Franciszek Macharski to gather beneath the so-called papal window in the Krakow Curia, where the pope lived as bishop and cardinal of Krakow and where, as pope, he would appear to speak with young people during his visits to Poland.
The emotional outpouring reflected a deep reverence for the pope, rooted in Poland's Roman Catholic identity and gratitude for his role in helping bring down communism in 1989-90 and freeing Poland from domination by Soviet Union.
Similar scenes were repeated across the nation of 38 (m) million as Poles left schools and workplaces to pray for the pope.
A senior Vatican official suggested on Friday that Pope John Paul II is nearing death, saying: This evening or this night, Christ opens the door to the pope.
Angelo Comastri, the pope's vicar general for Vatican City, made the comment to a crowd gathered in St. Peter's Square for the reciting of the rosary as part of city-wide prayers for the pontiff.
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A look at Pope John Paul II's cathedral in Krakow where he was first priest
1. Wide of Krakow with castle
2. Various exteriors of the cathedral
3. Interior shot of the cathedral
4. Coffin of Stanislas, patron saint of Krakow who John Paul II initially wanted to be named after when he became pope)
5. Cathedral interior
6. SOUNDBITE: (Polish) Roman Ledzki, Priest of the cathedral:
This chapel is very important in the life of the holy father because he celebrated his first mass in this chapel. It was on the 2nd of November 1946 and now we have a service in the chapel every 2nd of November.
7. Tilt down to Stanislas's coffin
8. Various of interior of the chapel where the Pope celebrated his very first mass
9. SOUNDBITE: (Polish) Roman Ledzki, Priest of the cathedral:
This is the most important church in Poland. All our kings got crowned here, they also got married here, that's why this chapel is so important for all Polish people. The Polish kings were buried here. After the monarchy, it has become the place where all important Polish people are buried.
10. Various shots of coffins
STORYLINE:
The Wawel Royal Castle in Krakow contains the cathedral where Pope John Paul II celebrated his first mass as a priest.
John Paul celebrated his first ever mass in the cathedral chapel on 2 November 1946.
The cathedral's priest, Roman Ledzki, says the event is commemorated every year on 2 November with a special service.
When he became pope, John Paul II initially wanted to be named after the patron saint of Krakow, Stanislas, who is buried in the cathedral.
Instead, the then 58-year-old former Cardinal of Krakow took the name Pope John Paul II and became the first non-Italian pope in 455 years.
The cathedral, whose priest describes it as the most important church in Poland, is the burial place of Polish kings and other notables.
It is also where John Paul would be buried if he were to be interred in Poland.
Formerly known as Karol Joseph Wojtyla, the pope was born in Wadowice Poland on May 18, 1920 and was named Cardinal of Krakow at the age of 47.
Cardinal Wojtyla began to work to promote political change in Poland, an activity he would continue as Pope.
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SYND 3 7 81 UNVEILING OF THE POPE JOHN PAUL II STATUE IN TARNOW, POLAND
Unveiling of the Pope John Paul II statue by Bronislaw Chromy in Tarnow Cathedral, Poland. The mass, held by Bishop of Tarnow Jerzy Ablewicz, was attended by the representatives of Solidarity Union of Malopolska region.
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Pope John Paul II: The pride of Poland
He is the pride of Poland.
And in Krakow, around 200,000 Poles and pilgrims from around the world gathered to celebrate Pope John Paul II's elevation to sainthood on Sunday.
As Karol Wojtyla, he was archbishop in the southern city before heading to the Vatican.
For many, sainthood means he has now taken his message further still.
It is a great sign, a visible sign of divine presence on earth and we now have another advocate in Heaven, said nun, Sister Malgorzata.
I think it can convince ...
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