(Vatican Radio) After Pope Francis was officially welcomed to World Youth Day during a ceremony on Thursday evening, the Vice-Director of the Holy See Press Office, Greg Burke, said “it is really clear [Pope Francis] is enjoying” his visit to Krakow, Poland.
“You can tell he is at ease, very much at ease,” Burke told Vatican Radio.
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“He did throw out a big challenge: Are you willing to change the world?” – Burke continued – “He talked about mercy having a young face – it always has a young face. He believes that, and he knows the young people believe that.”
Burke said Friday would be a day of reflection, both with Pope Francis’ visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial in the morning, and the Via Crucis scheduled for the evening.
“World Youth Day is all about fun, and it is about joy – and he talked about that today, he says that often you know a Christian without joy, something is really missing,” Burke said.
“Now having said that, Christianity is also the Cross, and that’s a part of it, and the Pope is the first one to admit that,” he said.
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