Pope's visit proves a flying success

Heavy rain did not discourage believers from giving the Pope a warm welcome. Benedict XVI called for joining faith with a personal relationship with Christ based on his love for us. He also met with the judges of the Constitutional Tribunal and thanked them, "For creating the area of the law for freedom and justice". In Częstochowa he expressed the world's need for holy priests and encouraged Catholics to spread the Good News in a mature, tolerant way. On Friday evening the Pope arrived in Kraków and greeted people in the famous "papal window", from which late John Paul II used to address believers. On Saturday the Pope visited Wadowice, John Paul's home town and Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, the sanctuary of  the Mother of God, where the late Pope used to pray very often. On Sunday morning Benedict XVI presided over the holy mass in Błonie in Kraków, from where he left for Auschwitz, the last place he visited in Poland. (Rzeczpospoita 29 May p. A1, 2, 3, 4) J.L.