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ROME - Poles gave German-born Pope Benedict XVI an enthusiastic welcome Thursday as he arrived for a four-day visit intended to honor predecessor John Paul II and further German-Polish reconciliation from the wounds of World War II.
President Lech Kaczynski, a military honor guard and a crowd of about 1,000 people greeted Benedict’s plane at Warsaw’s international airport, while more people holding white and yellow Vatican flags waited on the street to watch him pass by on his way into the city.
A choir sang “The Barge,” John Paul’s favorite song — just one sign of how the late pope remains a presence in Poland more than a year after his death.
“I have very much wanted to make this visit to the native land and people of my beloved predecessor, the servant of God John Paul II,” Benedict said in remarks prepared for his arrival. “I have come to follow in the footsteps of his life.”
President Lech Kaczynski, a military honor guard and a crowd of about 1,000 people greeted Benedict’s plane at Warsaw’s international airport, while more people holding white and yellow Vatican flags waited on the street to watch him pass by on his way into the city.
A choir sang “The Barge,” John Paul’s favorite song — just one sign of how the late pope remains a presence in Poland more than a year after his death.
“I have very much wanted to make this visit to the native land and people of my beloved predecessor, the servant of God John Paul II,” Benedict said in remarks prepared for his arrival. “I have come to follow in the footsteps of his life.”
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This is great moment in our Country - it is the beginning of the bright future
I will post the relation of this 4days visit.