Pope Francis created worldwide media attention with his visit to Kaunas, Lithuaina during his brief visit to the Baltics. A high point of the visit was the Holy Mass celebrated by the Holy Father at Kaunas in Santakos Park. People not only from Lithuania, but also from Belarus, Poland, Latvia, Russia and other countries, started gathering to await the Pope during the early morning hours.
 
Immediately after the Mass, the Pope led the Angelus prayer, as he typically does on Sundays in St. Peter’s Square, introducing it with brief considerations based on Scripture and concluding with special greetings. The Vatican broadcasts it worldwide, this time from Kaunas.
 
Pope Francis had lunch with the bishops of Lithuania in the Palace of the Curia of the Archdiocese of Kaunas follwed by a short tour in the infamous Popemobile, traveling to the Kaunas Cathedral for a meeting with priests, men and women religious, consecrated persons, and seminarians from the three Baltic countries.
 
Many of the CIA Delegates and guests took advantage of the opportunity to see the Pope during Mass and also during his Popemobile tours in both Vilnius and Kaunas.