Article: VOA NEWS: POPE BENEDICT CELEBRATED ON VISIT TO POLAND

The Voice of America issued the following story:

By Sabina Castelfranco

The rain in Warsaw did not dampen Polish enthusiasm for Pope Benedict XVI, who is on a pilgrimage of faith and sentimental journey to his predecessor's homeland. Hundreds of thousands turned out to welcome him in the capital and in Czestochowa.

On his second day in Poland, Pope Benedict XVI celebrated morning mass in Warsaw under pouring rain. A sea of umbrellas covered the large Pilsudski Square below a large metal cross. An estimated 300,000 people braved the rain. Pope Benedict spoke to those gathered in the same square where his predecessor, Pope John Paul II, nearly three decades ago inspired workers in his ...

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