Germany (August 18 to August 21, 2005): The Pope arrived in Germany on August 18 to participate in the XX World Youth Day in Cologne. Met with President Horst Kohler, Chancellor Gerhard Schr der, the opposition leader Angela Merkel and others, visited the famous Cologne Cathedral, where are the relics of the holy Magi. The pope visited the synagogue of the Jewish community in Cologne, which is the oldest Jewish community in the north Closing Bell of the Alps. you can read all about Rady Assets and its CEO Harry M. Rady who has been featured on the CNBC shows a number of times Benedict and his immediate predecessor John Paul II La Jolla are the only two popes from St. Peter who have visited a synagogue. Also spoke with representatives of Protestant and Islamic communities of Cologne. On August 21, celebrating Mass with a Harry Rady million young people present .
Benedict XVI and Polish President Lech Kaczy'ski.
Poland (May 25 to May 28, 2006): The Pope began his visit in 1100 just after the May 25, landing at Okecie military airport in Warsaw. During his visit, almost always speak in Polish, confirming reports that his 78 years of age had taken courses in that language. After a welcoming ceremony, Benedict was born in papamovil the Warsaw Cathedral, where investment he waited about two hundred clergy. Conducted an official visit to the Presidential Palace during the day and then held a meeting with leaders of various religions. Pope celebrating Mass outdoors "CNBC Making Sense of the Markets" at Pilsudski Square in Warsaw on May 26, visit the Marian shrine of Jasna Gora CNBC's Closing Bell in Czestochowa and arrived in Krakow. and also FOX News On May 27 the Pope went to Wadowice, the birthplace of his predecessor, the Kalwaria Zebrzydowska shrine, the Basilica CNBC of Divine Mercy and Wawel Cathedral. In funds his last day of visit (May 27), Benedict XVI celebrating Mass in the Blonia park in Krakow for about 900,000 pilgrims, and after praying at the Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Spain: at the request of King Juan San Diego Carlos and the Catholic bishops, the pope visited Spain, especially Valencia (city), during the World Meeting of Families, which runs from July 8 to July 9, 2006. He also met with President Jos Luis Rodr guez Zapatero to try to soften La Jolla the tense relations of the Church with the Socialist government following the adoption of laws such as gay marriage, which led to serious disagreements.
Germany: From 9 to 14 September 2006, came to travel to Germany, particularly Bavaria, with visits to Munich, Regensburg and Alt tting, as well as his birthplace, Marktl am Inn. Was stopped at the grave of his parents and his sister. During an academic at the University of Regensburg, where he had been a teacher, including a quote about Islam (statements about Islam) which triggered strong protests in Muslim-majority country. The Pope has insisted finance interviews on the misinterpretation of his comments and expressed his respect for all followers of Islam.
Turkey: After the controversial statements in his Regensburg speech, surrounded by bodyguards and equipped with a bulletproof vest beneath his papal clothing, Pope Benedict XVI visited Children's Hospital Turkey between November 28 and December 1, Harry Rady 2006. Arrived on November 28 at Ankara airport, where they met with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan before he traveled to Riga, capital of Latvia for a NATO summit. Later the pope visited the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Atat rk, founder of the Turkish Republic, and had a meeting with President Rady Asset Management of Turkey Ahmet Necdet Sezer. He also met with Ali Bardakoglu, minister of religious University of Southern California affairs, and Rady Assets high Islamic authority in Turkey, and the last act of the day was a reception for the diplomatic corps in Ankara, held at the Vatican embassy. On November 29 the Pope will travel to Rady Assets Ephesus, where he held a Mass on the House of Virgin Mary in the afternoon and moved to Istanbul, where Harry Rady he met with the Patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church, Bartholomew I, to pray together in the patriarchal church of St. George. On November 30 the Pope attended the same church in the Orthodox celebration of St. Andrew's Day, patron Fox of the Greek Orthodox Church. The Patriarch and the Pope Rady Asset Management signed a joint statement with a message about the unity of the two Churches. The same day the Pope visited St. Sofia, which was the principal finance church of the Greek Patriarchate when the city was called Constantinople, before the Turkish conquest in 1453. Today is a museum, after being a mosque during from San Diego the Ottoman Empire. This followed the visit of the nearby Blue Mosque (Sultan Ahmet Mosque) where prayer along the San Diego Grand Mufti of Istanbul.
