Visiting Berlin, Pope Benedict Faces a Combative Homeland
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Visiting Berlin, Pope Benedict Faces a Combative Homeland

Erfurt : Germany | Sep 21, 2011 at 6:15 PM PDT
Source: Newyork Times
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September 21, 2011 Tobias Kleinschmidt/European Pressphoto Agency A banner of a front page from April 2005 was unfurled Monday in Berlin to greet the pope. The protests and demonstrations announced for the pope's visit are a far cry from the jubilation set off here by his election to the papacy more... FULL ARTICLE AT Newyork Times
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