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              Pope Urges Faithful to 'Open Doors' to Their Hearts

   by VOA News

   Pope Francis has urged Catholic priests, nuns and faithful during mass
   in Krakow Saturday to leave their comfort zones and be attentive to the
   needy and "open doors to the heart," so invoking the call of one of his
   predecessors, St. John Paul II.

   Celebrating mass in the Sanctuary of St. John Paul II, Francis said
   Jesus wants the Church "to be a Church on the move, a Church that goes
   out into the world."

   The pope is scheduled to hold an evening vigil with hundreds of
   thousands of young pilgrims in a huge meadow in southern Poland.

   Earlier, Francis prayed at the Divine Mercy Sanctuary in Krakow's
   Lagiewniki neighborhood. Nuns and priests, singing and waving small
   banners, greeted the pope as he entered the church, also in Krakow, the
   birth place of St. John Paul II, before having lunch with volunteers at
   a Catholic youth gathering.

   He also prayed before the chapel of St. Faustina, a Polish mystic who
   was canonized under Pope John Paul II.

   The 79-year-old Francis has had a busy schedule since Wednesday when he
   arrived in Poland for World Youth Day, a global Catholic event held
   every two to three years.

   He has led Masses, visited Auschwitz Thursday, and met with Polish
   politicians, clergy, sick children and many faithful.
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