A German visiting Germany isn't normally big news. Even if it's a famous expatriate German returning home for a visit, such returns to the homeland are hardly front-page stories.
But this is a visit by Pope Benedict XVI and, strictly speaking, his first state visit as head of the Holy See to his native Germany. His trip in 2005 was strictly pastoral, for World Youth Day. His 2006 visit was personal, a sojourn to his home state of Bavaria. This time the protocol is a little more political.
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