the runway to be met by Mr Bush, his wife Laura and daughter Jenna. On Wednesday, the Pope will pay a formal call upon Mr Bush at the White House. During the flight from Italy, he said he would talk to Mr Bush about the plight of some Hispanic immigrants in the US, our correspondent says. The US Church has been changing in recent years with the arrival of millions of new Latino immigrants. The Pope also paid tribute to the fact that there was no state religion in the US, adding that a secular state where all religions can be welcomed is a positive model from which Europe can learn, our correspondent adds. During the visit the Pope is due to celebrate two huge Masses at baseball stadiums in Washington and New York, as well as praying at Ground Zero, the New York site where the World Trade Centre was destroyed on 11 September 2001. Birthday dinner Although there have been 24 previous meetings between a sitting US president and a Pope - and Benedict XVI's predecessor, John Paul II, visited the White House in 1979 - there will be numerous firsts during this visit. Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Advertisement The Pope spoke about the church sex abuse scandals in the US A crowd expected to number 10,000 will gather on the White House's South Lawn on Wednesday to mark his official arrival. The unprecedented crowd, even larger than the 7,000 who greeted Queen