The pontiff flew out of Glasgow last night “very happy” after a sun-filled day when an estimated 125,000 people greeted him on the streets of Edinburgh and 70,000 pilgrims joined him for Mass in Bellahouston Park.
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He came, he saw and he conquered a nation
About 200,000 people turned out to welcome Pope Benedict XVI to Scotland, dramatically confounding low expectations for the start of his four-day state visit to the UK.
