Pope in emotional arrival on Bavarian trip
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MUNICH, Germany  - Pope Benedict made an emotional   return to his Bavarian homeland on Saturday, saying his first   visit since being elected head of the Roman Catholic Church 17   months ago filled him with memories.
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MUNICH, Germany (Reuters Life!) - During Pope Benedict's   visit to Bavaria last week, he spent six days amongst crowds of   cheering Catholics, many of them fellow Bavarians deeply   attached to the region's traditional pious Catholicism.
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VIENNA - Pope Benedict XVI, beset by drab weather and relatively small crowds, ended a pilgrimage to Austria yesterday by reminding Europeans of their Christian heritage as they grapple with immigration and Islam. The German-born pontiff appealed to gatherings of believers in mostly Catholic Austria not to discard their faith. In a farewell speech, he urged Austrians "to bring the ...
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BBC Europe editor Mark Mardell finds Turks wary of the Pope's historic visit and grapples with the religious row sparked by the pontiff's speech in Bavaria.
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ISTANBUL -- A poster of a pig with the face of Pope Benedict XVI plastered to its head and a cross painted on its pink belly hinted at the fierce reception the pontiff could face in Turkey tomorrow when he kicks off his first papal trip to a Muslim country.
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Benedict XVI has been known to say incendiary things when out on tour. Vatican officials are hoping for a quiet pilgrimage to Vienna
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Pope Benedict XVI is "extremely upset" that Muslims have been offended by some of his words in a recent speech in Germany, the Vatican said Saturday.
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German-born Pope Benedict XVI acknowledged the painful wounds inflicted on Poland by Nazi Germany during World War II as he embarked on a visit to the homeland of his predecessor, Polish-born John Paul II.
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Pope Benedict embarked on Tuesday on a highly sensitive visit to Turkey, saying his four-day trip would be an opportunity for reconciliation and dialogue between Christians and Muslims.
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Pope Benedict XVI, making sentimental stops in his predecessor&#039;s homeland, brought joy to Poles by announcing that he hopes John Paul II will be made a saint &quot;in the near future.&quot;
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Pope Benedict XVI has met Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I in Turkey, on the second day of a landmark visit. Send your views.
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Pope Benedict takes a trip down   memory lane this weekend, going home to his roots in Germany's   Catholic heartland of Bavaria to visit the places that   influenced him as a young man.
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"The wind has spoken for itself"  Pope Benedict XVI, beset by drab weather and relatively small crowds, ended a pilgrimage to Austria on Sunday by reminding Europeans of their Christian heritage as they grapple with immigration and Islam.Bereft of huge throngs of adoring pilgrims such as the 1 million Brazilians who turned out to see him in May, the German-born pontiff appealed to far smaller gatherings of believers in mostly Catholic Austria not to discard their faith.In a farewell speech, he urged Austrians 'to bring the traditional values of the continent _ values shaped by the Christian faith _ to European institutions.' Read more
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Benedict's first trip to John Paul's homeland marks a symbolic changing of the guard -- and highlights how he is getting comfortable in his public role
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While the four-day trip is aimed at reaching out to the Orthodox, expectations are high for the pope to also reach out to Muslims.
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German-born Pope Benedict XVI walked alone under the infamous &amp;quot;Arbeit Macht Frei&amp;quot; gate at the former Nazi death camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau as he began a poignant visit to the site where Hitler&#039;s Germany killed 1.1 million people in World War II.
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Pope John Paul arrives on Italy's Adriatic coast to beatify three future saints, on his last journey of the year.