Pope in Slovakia: František visits Košice and Prešov (minute by minute) – Korzár

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7:11 The front sectors in front of the hall in Prešov are almost full one hour before the gates are closed.

People occupy places especially at the alleys and hope that the pope will pass in a papamobile close to them. Many expect to visit even directly among believers.

6:52 Hundreds of other pilgrims are heading to the meeting place with the Pope. Husband and wife Katarína and Radovan Neupauerovci came to Prešov from Radvanovce by car. They found a parking space near Kaufland early in the morning.

“Encouraging words,” Radovan Neupauer answered when asked what they expected from the coming of the Holy Father. “Who knows if we will experience the Pope live in the near future. After all, we are no longer thirty. It is an exceptional event, “he added.

6:33 Approximately 27,000 people registered to meet Pope Francis in front of the Municipal Sports Hall in Prešov.

The entrance control gates opened at midnight. The sectors closest to the stage are half full since half past four in the morning, people are coming in more and more numbers. Most people bring their own chairs, some lie on mats.

“We came here at half past one in the morning. We thought we were picking up better places somewhere ahead, but we only got to the sector at the back of the complex. We did not get into the first sector. Children are not vaccinated because they are not yet 12 years old. This is a little sadder for us, because we got up earlier because of the places, but otherwise well, “Lukáš from Petrovian told Korzár.

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Ján and Katka also came from the Bardejov district. They had to get up before two in the morning and arrived in Prešov by train: “We arrived at four in the morning. We expect the message the Holy Father will bring us. He certainly always has new ideas, so I assume that his words will strengthen us. we will be surprised. “

6:31 Visit of the Pope in Košice, it also attracts the attention of people who do not want or for various reasons cannot attend events at Lunik IX or the Lokomotiva stadium. Where can you see František everywhere in Košice? He will walk up to four streets >>>>

6:30 Drivers in eastern Slovakia have to prepare for several traffic restrictions in places that will concern the relocation of delegations or public events with Pope Francis.

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“Delays must be expected in the morning hours of Tuesday, especially on the access road to the airport in the Pereš district of Košice, then on busy sections of the VSS bridge, Južné nábrežie, Prešovská cesta and towards the D1 motorway in the direction of Prešov,” the police describe.

At lunchtime, you have to reckon with complications on the section in the direction from the D1 motorway to Hlavná Street in Košice.

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