Pope Benedict XVI walks with German President Wulff after a welcoming ceremony at Bellevue palace in...
Pope Benedict XVI (R) walks with German President Christian Wulff after a welcoming ceremony at Bellevue palace in Berlin September 22, 2011. Pope Benedict starts his most difficult visit yet to his German homeland on Thursday, touring mostly Protestant and atheist regions in the ex-communist east after previous visits to Catholic strongholds in the Rhineland and his native Bavaria. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY - Tags: POLITICS RELIGION)