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Pope Francis has urged Poles to show compassion to migrants, after arriving in Kraków for World Youth Day.

Cloudy skies and a light drizzle did little to dampen the spirits of pilgrims cheering loudly as the Pope's plane landed in Kraków on July 27. The arrival ceremony at Kraków's John Paul II International Airport was marked by the presence of hundreds of Polish men and women, dressed in traditional clothes and dancing.

Stepping down from his plane and before he departed for Wawel Castle, Pope Francis was greeted by Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz of Kraków, Polish President Andrzej Duda and first lady Agata Kornhauser-Duda.

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