Pope Benedict XVI today celebrated Mass for an estimated 270,000 people in a rain-soaked Warsaw square where his predecessor, John Paul II, inspired Poland’s Solidarity movement against communist rule in a historic 1979 visit.

Pope Benedict XVI today celebrated Mass for an estimated 270,000 people in a rain-drenched Warsaw square where his predecessor, John Paul II, inspired Poland’s Solidarity movement against communist rule in a historic 1979 visit.

Twenty-one people froze to death in Poland over the weekend as cold weather tightened its grip on the country, police said today.

ADDRESSING more than two million faithful gathered for Poland's largest open-air Mass ever, Pope John Paul II warned yesterday of dangers posed when man “puts himself in God’s place.”