Benedict In Bavaria

Pope Benedict XVI is seen behind a German flag as he arrives at the Marienplatz square in Munich, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2006. The pope is on a 6-day visit to his native country, primarily in the German state of Bavaria.

Pope Benedict XVI looks on in Marienplatz square in Munich, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2006. The pontiff began a pilgrimage to his native Bavaria on Saturday, a six-day visit laden with meaning for him and the future of his increasingly liberal Roman Catholic flock in Germany.

An unidentified boy is seen through the windows of the popemobile as the hands of Pope Benedict XVI touch his face on St. Marie's Square in central Munich, Germany, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2006. The pope is on a six-day visit to the southern German state of Bavaria.

Pope Benedict XVI greets the faithful gathered in Marienplatz square in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2006.

Pope Benedict XVI turns back to wave to the pilgrims as he climbs the stairs of a stage prior to celebrating a public mass at the fair ground in Munich, Germany, on Sunday, Sept. 10, 2006. German-born Pope Benedict XVI is paying a six-day visit to his Bavarian homeland from Sept. 9 to Sept. 14, 2006.

A man wearing a hat with the traditional decoration "Gamsbart" (beard of chamois) is silhouetted as he watches Pope Benedict XVI, center, celebrating a public Mass at the fair ground in Munich, Germany, on Sunday, Sept. 10, 2006.

Pope Benedict XVI waves from the balcony of the archbishop's palace in Munich, Germany, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2006. At left background, outgoing Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Angelo Sodano; at right, Cardinal Friedrich Wetter.

Pope Benedict XVI waves from the popemobile as he arrives in Altoetting, Germany, some 44 miles east of Munich, on Monday, Sept. 11, 2006. German-born Pope Benedict XVI pays a six-day visit to his native homeland Bavaria from Sept. 9 to Sept. 14, 2006.

Pope Benedict XVI blesses Elisabeth, left, and Viktoria in Altoetting, Germany, on Monday, Sept. 11, 2006.

Pope Benedict XVI offers the Holy Communion to some nuns during an open air Mass on the main square in Altoetting, Germany, on Monday, Sept. 11, 2006.

Pope Benedict XVI poses next to a painting of his likeness, Monday, Sept. 11, 2006, in Altoetting, Germany. The pope was given the painting as a present by the town of Altoetting.

Pope Benedict XVI waves to the faithful from his popemobile in Marktl, the town in Bavaria, Germany, where he was born, on Monday Sept. 11, 2006.

Pope Benedict XVI blesses visitors before a Mass in the basilica of Altoetting, Germany, Monday Sept. 11, 2006.

Pope Benedict XVI prays in front of his baptistery in the St. Oswald church in his birthplace Marktl, Germany, Monday Sept. 11, 2006.

Pope Benedict XVI attends a Mass in the basilica of Altoetting, Germany, Monday, Sept 11, 2006. Pope Benedict XVI celebrated Mass in front of 70,000 people in the German pilgrimage center of Altoetting and listened to a brief prayer for peace tied to the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks.

Thousands of pilgrims stand in the light of the rising sun as they wait for a papal Mass to be held by Pope Benedict XVI at the Islinger field in Regensburg, Germany, about 75 miles northeast of Munich, on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2006.

A young pilgrim smiles standing behind waving Vatican flags at the Islinger field in Regensburg, Germany, prior to a Mass to be held by Pope Benedict XVI, on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2006.

Pope Benedict XVI wears a hat that was donated to him on Monday Sept. 11, 2006 in Altoetting, Germany.

Pope Benedict XVI waves to the crowd at the end of a papal Mass at the Islinger field in Regensburg, Germany, on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2006.

Pope Benedict XVI waves goodbye to the crowd at Munich Airport on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2006 in Munich, Germany. The Pope was leaving his native Bavaria after a six-day visit.

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