Hundreds of thousands of people attended a huge mass celebrated by father Francisco, the last day of his five day visit to Poland.
In the so-called Congregation of the world youth day, the Pontiff urged young people to be open to the hope and the prayer at the center of their lives.
Francisco spoke in terms that young people could identify, often alluding to the Cyber terminology.
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The event took a carnival atmosphere with pilgrims dancing, singing and waving flags.
The visit marks the 1,050 anniversary of adoption of Christianity in Poland.
Some reports say that up to three million parishioners, mostly young people, attended the mass, held in a large field called Campus Misericordiae, near the southern city of Krakow.
Police refrained from giving an estimated amount of the crowd.
Hundreds of thousands began to arrive on Saturday, many with tents, sleeping bagsand umbrellas.
The father Francisco urged parishioners to "have faith in a new humanity" who reject hatred and refused to use borders as obstacles.
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God "requires us real value, the value to be more powerful that evil, loving to all, even to our enemies," said.
Using metaphors of the technological world, described as a "virus that infects and blocks everything" negativity, and urged young people to put prayer and the Gospelat the center of their lives.
"Trust in the memory of God: his memory is not a hard disk that saves and archivesall our data but is a heart full of tender compassion, one that finds joy by deleting every trace of evil in us", said.
"Try now also us to imitate the faithful memory of God and appreciate the good things we have received in these days".
The Pope attracted large crowds during his five-day tour.
But it is considered that the highlight was his visit to the nazi concentration camp ofAuschwitz, where only walked and gave a private prayer.
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