{"id":1696,"date":"2006-05-25T08:16:40","date_gmt":"2006-05-25T08:16:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/05\/the-pope-in-poland.html"},"modified":"2006-05-25T08:16:40","modified_gmt":"2006-05-25T08:16:40","slug":"the-pope-in-poland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/05\/the-pope-in-poland.html","title":{"rendered":"The Pope in Poland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/us.news3.yimg.com\/us.i2.yimg.com\/p\/ap\/20060525\/capt.69429cd49df64a17a8431a371a009262.poland_pope_xde111.jpg?x=380&amp;y=322&amp;sig=b7gih2h0gsYRyJBfZeXNDw--\" border=\"0\" \/> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/news?tmpl=story&amp;u=\/060525\/481\/69429cd49df64a17a8431a371a009262\">The arrival<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/usatoday.feedroom.com\/ifr_main.jsp?nsid=a168bc0f0:10b6b4950dc:359f&amp;rf=rss&amp;fr_story=FEEDROOM144862&amp;st=1148560420718&amp;mp=WMP&amp;cpf=true&amp;fr=052506_083334_168bc0f0x10b6b4950dcx35a0&amp;rdm=488647.6590946036\">Here&#8217;s some video of the arrival.<\/a> (Well, it&#8217;s supposed to be&#8230;doesn&#8217;t play for me yet&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/michaeldubruiel.blogspot.com\/2006\/05\/pope-speaks-to-journalists-on-plane.html\">MIchael found a photo of him speaking to journalists on the plane &#8211; and the only citation of what he said to them, so far<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/212.77.1.245\/news_services\/bulletin\/news\/18424.php?index=18424&amp;po_date=25.05.2006&amp;lang=en\">His address upon arriving (scroll down for English)<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&quot;Stand firm in your faith&quot; &#8211; this is the motto of my Apostolic Visit. I would hope that these days will serve to strengthen all of us in faith &#8211; the members of the Church in Poland and myself as well. And for those who do not have the gift of faith, but whose hearts are full of good will, may my visit be a time of fraternity, goodness and hope. May these enduring values of humanity lay a firm foundation for building a better world, one in which everyone can enjoy material prosperity and spiritual joy. This is my prayer for all the Polish people. Once again I thank His Excellency the President and the Bishops of Poland for their invitation. I cordially embrace Polish people everywhere and I ask them to accompany me in prayer along this journey of faith.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.b16.pl\/index_en.html\">A comprehensive page, the work of the Polish Press Agency and the Catholic Information Agency<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.americanpapist.com\/blog.html\">Via American Papist, whom I sure will be providing comprehensive links throughout the next few days)<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The arrival Here&#8217;s some video of the arrival. (Well, it&#8217;s supposed to be&#8230;doesn&#8217;t play for me yet&#8230;) MIchael found a photo of him speaking to journalists on the plane &#8211; and the only citation of what he said to them, so far His address upon arriving (scroll down for English) &quot;Stand firm in your faith&quot;&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Pope in Poland - Via Media<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/05\/the-pope-in-poland.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Pope in Poland - Via Media\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The arrival Here&#8217;s some video of the arrival. 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