Pope Francis arrives in Poland

Pope Francis, the head of the Roman Catholic Church, arrived in Poland on Wednesday afternoon for World Youth Days and has been greeted by President Andrzej Duda, First Lady Agata Kornhauser-Duda and Prime Minister Beata Szydło at the airport in Kraków. Andrzej Duda proclaimed that Pope Francis brings to Poland and thousands of young pilgrims the values that the world needs today: faith and goodness. "The world today badly needs values, it needs faith and goodness, all of which Your Holiness is bringing. We are all waiting for your word," Duda said. Meanwhile, Pope Francis has urged Poland’s leaders "to overcome fear" and show compassion to migrants. "A willingness is needed to accept people fleeing from wars and hunger, solidarity with people deprived of their fundamental rights, including to freely and safely profess their faith," Pope added. Pope Francis' program also includes visits to Czestochowa and the grounds of the former Nazi extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau.