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"Download a good heart", Pope tells young as Polish visit ends

Pope Francis waves as he arrives to conduct the final mass of his week-long tour at Campus Misericordiae (Field of Mercy) on July 31, 2016 in Brzegi near the Polish city of Krakow as part of the World Youth Days (WYD). (Photo: AFP)

Krakow: Pope Francis wrapped up his Polish visit on Sunday with a huge outdoor Mass where he told young people to look beyond the instant gratification afforded by technology, and instead to try to change the world.

Hundreds of thousands of young people, many of whom camped out for the night, waved national flags and cheered as Francis arrived to say the Mass in a large field on the outskirts of Krakow at the end of his five-day trip to Poland where he presided at the Catholic Church's World Youth Day festivities.

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