VATICAN CITY, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- Pope Benedict XVI plans a trip to Poland in May, including a visit to the concentration camp at Auschwitz for prayers.
The pope's itinerary for the three-day trip includes Warsaw; the shrine of the Virgin Mary in Czestochowa; the town of Wadowice, where Pope John Paul II was born; and Krakow, where John Paul served as archbishop, ANSA, the Italian news agency, reported.
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The visit to Auschwitz is seen as especially significant because Benedict was born in Germany.
Benedict plans three more international trips this year -- to Spain, Germany and September.
