VATICAN CITY, APR 15, 1999 (VIS) - From June 5 to 17 John Paul II will go on his eighth pastoral trip to Poland, where he is due to visit nineteen places and speak on twenty-nine occasions. This is also his 87th trip outside of Italy.
The Pope will leave Rome's Fiumicino International Airport on June 5 at 8:45 a.m. and will return to Ciampino airport on June 17 at 4 p.m.
Among the events scheduled during this papal trip are the beatification of 108 martyrs from the Second World War, the canonization of Blessed Cunegunda, a Poor Clare Sister, and a visit, on the last day, to the graves of his family members.
The Holy Father will travel to the following 19 places in his native land: Gdansk, Pelplin, Elblag, Lichen, Bydgoszcz, Torun, Elk, Wigry, Siedlce, Drohiczyn, Warsaw, Sandomierz, Zamosc, Lowicz, Sosnowiec, Cracow, Gliwice, Stary Sacz and Wadowice.
His previous pastoral trips to Poland were June 2-10, 1979; June 16-23, 1983; June 8-14, 1987; June 1-9, 1991; August 13-16, 1991 for World Youth Day; May 22, 1995, during a trip to the Czech Republic and May 31-June 10, 1997.
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