Pope Benedict XVI (C) gives a mass on September 22, 2011 at the Olympia stadion stadium 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.
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