Pilgrims from all over the world are arriving in Poland for the XXXI World Youth Day. From July 20 to 25, they participated in the Diocesan Days, which were organized throughout the country. In Krakow, they will meet, among others, Pope Francis. Poczta Polska is a strategic partner of the event.
The National Postal Operator is responsible for, among other things, the distribution of several hundred thousand pilgrim backpacks and over 2.5 million book publications. Poczta also delivered pilgrim guides, ID badges, and over 6.5 million food vouchers to Parish Organizing Committees. Poczta Polska has also prepared special postal points for WYD participants in strategic event locations, e.g., in towns where Diocesan Days are held, at the John Paul II Sanctuary, the Divine Mercy Sanctuary, and near catering areas. In each of these places, mailboxes, publications, and stamps and postcards prepared especially for pilgrims have been made available. In recent years, the Post Office has issued three stamps dedicated to World Youth Day. Among the stamps available at the Post Office stands were, among others: Canonization of Father Stanisław Papczyński, Borderland Madonnas, 1050th Anniversary of the Baptism of Poland, Canonization of Popes John Paul II and John XXIII. Individual regions issued their own postcards and commemorative postmarks, which were available at the stands.