Pope on 'personal' German trip
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Pope Benedict XVI is due to arrive in Munich for a second "more personal" visit to his homeland, Bavaria.
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Pope Benedict returns to his  Bavarian roots on Saturday when he starts a nostalgic six-day  trip to his southern German homeland and some of its most  traditionally Catholic places.
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LORENZAGO DI CADORE, Italy  - Vacation should be a time for Christians not only to relax but to get closer to God, Pope Benedict said on Sunday from his mountain retreat in the Italian Dolomites.
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Benedict XVIÂs visit to his home turf in Germany will be in some ways a survey of the remnant that is the European church.
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Pope Benedict XVI, who has warned against working too hard, is about to end his long sojourn at the papal palace outside Rome, where he took up residence in late July as part of his summer holidays.
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The Archbishop of Canterbury is due in Rome for his first official meeting with Pope Benedict XVI.
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Two days after a grueling papal pilgrimage which left some wondering if Pope John Paul II could still travel, the Vatican on Tuesday announced details of the ailing pontiff's next trip.
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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 XVI said Sunday that his recent trip to Turkey was an "unforgettable" experience that he hoped would lead to dialogue with Muslims. However, some Islamic leaders said the pope had not sufficiently made amends for his September remarks on Islam and violence.
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Pope Benedict XVI celebrated Mass for 230,000 people Tuesday in a sunny field outside Regensburg, taking his homecoming tour of his native Bavaria to the university town where he once taught theology.
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ISTANBUL, Dec 4 (IPS) - Despite controversy and fears for his safety, the  first visit of Pope Benedict XVI to a Muslim nation ended with a  series of conciliatory gestures toward Islam, and towards Turkey.
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Pope Benedict XVI visited the Auschwitz concentration camp as &quot;a son of the German people&quot; Sunday and asked God why he remained silent during the &quot;unprecedented mass crimes&quot; of the Holocaust.
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Greeted by a thunderous chorus of church bells, Pope Benedict XVI 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.
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Pope Benedict XVI visits Wadowice, the Polish town where his predecessor John Paul II grew up.
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MUNICH, Germany  - Pope Benedict returns to his   Bavarian roots on Saturday when he starts a nostalgic six-day   trip to his southern German homeland and some of its most   traditionally Catholic places.
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Pope Benedict said on  Thursday even he could not do everything that was expected of  him and advised German priests not to burn themselves out  trying to make up for the growing shortage of Roman Catholic  clerics.
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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.