Hamburg - the heart of the dispute over the Holocaust-deniers RichardWilliamson the Catholic Church has the third visit of Pope Benedict XVI. announced in Germany.
The reasons behind the offiziellenStaatsbesuch in Berlin in the coming year are the Feierlichkeitenzum 20th Anniversary of German unification, said the chairman derDeutschen Bishops' Conference, Robert Zollitsch, directly in the ZDF broadcast "Berlin".
"I expect that there will be einenBesuch next year, the Holy Father in Germany, einenoffiziellen state visit to Berlin, and, I hope, even in our inFreiburg."
In an interview, according to ZDF places Erfurt, Eisenach, and be the Wartburgin Catholic Eichsfeld. It would be 2005und 2006 the third visit of the German pope in his homeland.
In the German population to erode support for the Papstzu seems. In a representative survey conducted by Infratest dimap ARD imAuftrag-`Tagesthemen" showed only 42 percent of its work derBundesbürger very satisfied or satisfied. BeiBenedikts took office nearly four years ago still had nearly two-thirds of Germans (63 percent) said a good choice .
