Pope Visit: 65,000 Catholics Enjoy A Day In The Sun -- The Telegraph
There were those who would have dampened the day: Ian Paisley and his fire-breathing contingent of Ulster protestant ministers, secularists protesters, those appalled at the abuse of children by priests. And there was Scotland’s taciturn weather, too - always capable of administering a sudden, dispiriting drenching.
But the 65,000 Roman Catholics gathered in Glasgow’s Bellahouston Park to celebrate mass were having none of that. As Pope Benedict XVI arrived for the first great set-piece event of his four-day visit to Britain, the hymn All People That On Earth Do Dwell boomed out triumphantly. This was their day; for most a once in a lifetime experience. And, miraculously, the sun shone.
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