Protesters take part in a demonstration against the visit of Pope Benedict XVI in Berlin on September 22, 2011 in Berlin, at the start of his first state visit to his native Germany. The 84-year old pope, German born Joseph Ratzinger, has a packed program, with 18 sermons and speeches planned for his four-day trip to Berlin, Erfurt in the ex-German Democratic Republic and Freiburg. AFP PHOTO / JANEK SKARZYNSKI