Pope Benedict XVI arrives on his Popemobile to celebrate a mass at the Cuatro Vientos air base outside Madrid during the World Youth Day (WYD) festivities on August 21, 2011. The pilgrims spent the night in the open air at the base of Cuatro Vientos, eight kilometres (five miles) southwest of Madrid, where Benedict is to celebrate the closing mass of the August 16-21 youth festival on Sunday morning. AFP PHOTO / RAFA RIVAS
Pope Benedict XVI celebrates a mass on a vast dusty esplanade outside Madrid during the World Youth Day (WYD) festivities on August 21, 2011. A violent storm lashed Pope Benedict XVI and around one million pilgrims last night at an open-air service in Madrid, forcing him to cut short his speech and drenching the faithful who had waited for hours in blistering heat.Police prevented pilgrims sheltering under any structures. Six youths were slightly injured but needed no treatment when the wind blew a down a tent. The pope will celebrate a mass today at an airbase southwest of the capital, where the pilgrims spent the night under the stars on an esplanade the size of 48 football pitches. AFP PHOTO/ CESAR MANSO
Pope Benedict XVI (C) celebrates a mass on a vast dusty esplanade outside Madrid during the World Youth Day (WYD) festivities on August 21, 2011. A violent storm lashed Pope Benedict XVI and around one million pilgrims last night at an open-air service in Madrid, forcing him to cut short his speech and drenching the faithful who had waited for hours in blistering heat.Police prevented pilgrims sheltering under any structures. Six youths were slightly injured but needed no treatment when the wind blew a down a tent. The pope will celebrate a mass today at an airbase southwest of the capital, where the pilgrims spent the night under the stars on an esplanade the size of 48 football pitches. AFP PHOTO/ CESAR MANSO