Pope Benedict XVI received a reception worthy of a rock star as he arrived to give a final mass at the Catholic Church's World Youth Day event in Spain.
More than a million young worshippers had gathered at an aerodrome outside Madrid and there were cheers and applause as his 'pope-mobile' drove in.
Bathed in sunshine today, pilgrims were drenched by torrential rain on Saturday night in a storm that forced the pontiff to cut short his open-air address.
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