Pope Francis received the Polish President in a special audience on Monday.
President Andrzej Duda and the ponfitt discussed the upcoming World Youth Day in Kraków according to Catholic World News.
Other topics covered included the promotion of the family, helping the needy, refugee crisis as well as the war in Ukraine, and the situation in the Middle East.
Speaking earlier in the year, Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz of Krakow said bishops and youth groups from abroad were arriving in Krakow daily to check on preparations for the summer event.
On his trip for World Youth Day Pope Francis is expected to visit a home for the poor, and many groups have been getting in contact asking him to pay them a visit.
During his trip for World Youth Day, Pope Francis is scheduled to lead a Way of the Cross procession from the Krakow's Divine Mercy Sanctuary, a prayer vigil on youth issues near the Wieliczka Salt Mine and a final Mass in the city's Blonia Park.
President Duda, was elected in May and took to his position in August.
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Article by Hannah Tooley
Hannah Tooley is a multimedia journalist for Premier.
