Government creates special team to help Pope's August pilgrimage

Yesterday, the Vatican delegation on its visit to Warsaw held a meeting with the Polish Episcopacy Commission and met with government representatives to discuss the details of the official program of the Pope John Paul II's pilgrimage to Poland. The government has created an inter-ministry team, headed by Interior Minister Kszysztof Janik, which is to help coordinate the Pope's visit, which will commence on Friday, August 16, and will end on Monday, August 19. The largest meeting with believers will be held during the celebrated mess in Blonie in Krakow. John Paul II will also visit the sanctuary in Kalwaria Zebrzydowska. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A3), M.T