Local World Youth Day pilgrims prepare for ‘life-changing experience’

By Lauren Clem, Staff Reporter, RI Catholic

Editor’s Note: Staff Reporter Lauren Clem will be traveling with the diocesan group from July 23-August 4 and will report on their experiences at World Youth Day, as well as the tours they will take to religious and historically significant sites in Poland and the Czech Republic.

TIVERTON — Next Saturday, July 23, a large group representing the Diocese of Providence will embark on a once-in-a-lifetime pilgrimage, traveling to Krakow, Poland, to join more than one million other Catholics and our Holy Father Pope Francis in celebrating World Youth Day 2016. More.