YOUNG PEOPLE SING AND DANCE WHILE WAITING FOR POPE IN SOLIN

( Editorial: --> 5619 ) SOLIN, Oct 4 (Hina) - Several thousand faithful - including young people, religious instructors, teachers and representatives of church movements - gathered this afternoon at Solin's Our Lady of the Isle shrine waiting for the arrival of Pope John Paul II. The meeting with the Pontiff in front of the Our Lady of the Isle Church, the oldest Marian shrine in Croatia, is dedicated to youth. Believers awaited the Pope singing contemporary spiritual songs accompanied by guitar and rock rhythms. The Pope is ageing, but he understands young people. He can bring the faith closer to us, help us to grasp the meaning of life, said Zagreb theology student Danijela. At about 5.50pm the Pope left the Archbishop's Palace in his popemobile and travelled through the streets of Split for Solin. (Hina) mbr jn /is 041803 MET oct 98