11.   The pontiff arrived earlier under a cold rain in the main square of the little town, welcomed by a crowd sheltering under hundreds of multi-coloured umbrellas.

12.   The pontiff arrived in his popemobile under steady rain at the former Soviet air base.

13.   The pontiff arrived in Slovenia on Friday for his second pastoral visit to a former Yugoslav republic.

14.   Keating will be in the reception party when the pontiff arrives on his third visit -- his second as Pope -- to this strongly Catholic country on Wednesday night.

15.   Security officials forced men to take off their belts, checked ballpens and scrutinized even packets of chocolates brought by nuns waiting for the pontiff to arrive.

16.   The pontiff had arrived in Slovenia on Friday afternoon for his second pastoral visit to a former Yugoslav republic.