Pope John Paul II is scheduled to lead prayers for Jewish victims of the Holocaust during his planned visit to Warsaw on June 11. The prayers will be held at the site from which the Nazis transported Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto to concentration camps. The pope’s visit to Poland is slated to begin Saturday and end June 17.
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