Pope Benedict XVI's visit to Poland begins today

He will be taken through the streets of Warsaw in his specially designed Mercedes, worth some EUR 400,000. The authorities have engaged four Mi-8 helicopters, dozens of thousands of policemen and several hundred government security officers, in order to make sure the Pope's visit to Poland remains without any interruptions. These security measures mean that the main streets in Warsaw will be blocked today and tomorrow. (Fakt, pp. 1, 6) A.K.