September 24, 2011

As Pope Benedict continues his first state visit to his native Germany, we bring you a report on the Mass celebrated by the Pope in the eastern city of Erfurt that followed a private meeting between the Holy Father and 5 victims of clerical sexual abuse....
We also report on the Vespers presided over by the Pope on Friday evening at the Marian shrine in the town of Etzelsbach, north of Erfurt.....
A leading German Catholic philanthropist who belongs to the Order of the Knights of Malta talks about the relationship between Church and State in his homeland and other themes related to the papal visit to Germany......
One of Germany’s most prominent newspaper correspondents who covers Vatican affairs shares with us his insights into German identity, the nation's history and its Catholic roots....