Photos: Benedict 16

Pope Benedict XVI is presented with a painting representing the 'Veronica's Veil' at the Saint Veil monastery in Manoppello, central Italy, September 1, 2006. REUTERS/Max Rossi

German President Horst Koehler, center right, welcomes Pope Benedict XVI, center left, at the airport in Munich on Saturday, Sept. 9, 2006. Pope Benedict XVI. arrived for a six-day visit to his southern German home state of Bavaria. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, Pool)

Pope Benedict XVI is presented with a gift by German President Horst Koehler (C) in Munich Residenz, September 9, 2006. The Pope, continuing a nostalgic visit to the German city where he served as archbishop, on Sunday celebrates an outdoor mass expected to draw hundreds of thousands of people. Picture taken September 9, 2006.

Pope Benedict XVI passes the statue Patronae Bavariae at the Munich Residence on Saturday Sept. 9, 2006. The pontiff is on a six-day visit to Bavaria. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Pope Benedict XVI delivers his address in Marienplatz square in Munich, Germany Saturday Sept. 9, 2006. The pontiff began a pilgrimage to his native Bavaria on Saturday, a six-day visit laden with meaning for him and the future of his increasingly liberal Roman Catholic flock in Germany. (AP Photo/Maurizio Brambatti, Pool)

Pope Benedict XVI gives his blessing in Marienplatz square in Munich, Germany Saturday Sept. 9, 2006. The pontiff began a pilgrimage to his native Bavaria on Saturday, a six-day visit laden with meaning for him and the future of his increasingly liberal Roman Catholic flock in Germany. (AP Photo/Maurizio Brambatti, Pool)

Pope Benedict XVI delivers his address from the balcony of the archbishop's palace in Munich, southern Germany, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2006. Pope Benedict XVI is on a six-day visit to his native Bavaria region of Germany. At left background, outgoing Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Angelo Sodano; at right, Cardinal Friedrich Wetter. (AP Photo/Maurizio Brambatti, Pool)

Pope Benedict XVI arrives to deliver a mass at the Church of Our Lady 'Frauenkirche' in Munich September 10, 2006. The German-born pontiff is on a tour of his native Bavaria until 14 September. REUTERS/Maurizo Brambatti/Pool (GERMANY)

Pope Benedict XVI sits in the church Liebfrauenkirche in Munich, southern Germany on Sunday, Sept. 10, 2006, leading an evening prayer service. The pontiff visits his homeland Bavaria until Sept. 14. (AP Photo/KNA, Wolfgang Radtke)

Pope Benedict XVI, center, greets children wearing communion dresses in the church Liebfrauenkirche in Munich, southern Germany on Sunday, Sept. 10, 2006, on occasion of an evening prayer service. The pontiff visits his homeland Bavaria until Sept. 14. (AP Photo/Wolfgang Radtke, Pool)

Pope Benedict XVI (C) leaves after a mass the Church of Our Lady 'Frauenkirche' in Munich September 10, 2006. The Pope, continuing a nostalgic visit to the German city where he served as archbishop, on Sunday celebrated an outdoor mass drawing hundreds of thousands of people. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle (GERMANY)

Pope Benedict XVI stands with Bavarian Premier Edmund Stoiber (L), his wife Karin and Munich Cardinal Friedrich Wetter (R) as little girls Elisabeth and Victoria greet them in Altoetting, September 11, 2006. REUTERS/Miro

Pope Benedict XVI is welcomed by two little girls Elisabeth and Victoria at his arrival in Altoetting, September 11, 2006. Pope Benedict will spend most of the day in Altoetting where the shrine to the Virgin Mary draws hundreds of thousands of pilgrims each year. REUTERS/Miro Kuzmanovic (GERMANY)

Pope Benedict XVI prays inside the graciousnesses chapel (Gnadenkapelle) in Altoetting, September 11, 2006. Pope Benedict will spend most of the day in Altoetting where the shrine to the Virgin Mary draws hundreds of thousands of pilgrims each year. REUTERS/Michael Dalder (GERMANY)


Pope Benedict XVI blesses visitors before a mass in the basilica of Altoetting September 11, 2006. Pope Benedict will spend most of the day in Altoetting where the shrine to the Virgin Mary draws hundreds of thousands of pilgrims each year. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle (GERMANY)

Pope Benedict XVI greets the faithfuls as he arrives on the altar for an open air Mass on the main Kapellplatz square in Altoetting, southern Germany, some 70 kilometers (about 44 miles) east of Munich, on Monday, Sept. 11, 2006. German-born Pope Benedict XVI pays a six-day visit to his native homeland Bavaria from Sept. 9 to Sept. 14, 2006. (AP Photo/Thomas Kienzle)
Pope Benedict XVI holds up the Holy Bible as he celebrates an open air Mass on the main square in Altoetting, southern Germany, some 70 kilometers (about 44 miles) east of Munich, on Monday, Sept. 11, 2006. German-born Pope Benedict XVI pays a six-day visit to his native homeland Bavaria from Sept. 9 to Sept. 14, 2006. (AP Photo/Thomas Kienzle)

The statue of the renowned Black Madonna that is believed to have worked miracles is carried by an unidentified priest during a procession following the open air Mass held by Pope Benedict XVI on the main square in Altoetting, southern Germany, some 70 kilometers (about 44 miles) east of Munich, on Monday, Sept. 11, 2006. German-born Pope Benedict XVI pays a six-day visit to his native homeland Bavaria from Sept. 9 to Sept. 14, 2006.(AP Photo/Thomas Kienzle)

Georg Ratzinger (C) the brother of Pope Benedict XVI is aided by chaplains after a mass in the basilica of Altoetting September 11, 2006. Pope Benedict prayed for the victims of the September 11 attacks on the United States on Monday as he received a rapturous welcome in this small southern German shrine town near his birthplace. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle (GERMANY)

Pope Benedict XVI poses next to a painting showing him, Monday Sept. 11, 2006 in Altoetting, southern Germany. The Pope was given the painting as a present by the town of Altoetting. German-born Pope Benedict XVI is on a six-day visit to his native Bavaria region of Germany. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, Pool)

Pope Benedict XVI waves as he arrives at the St. Oswald church in Marktl, the town in Bavaria, Germany, where he was born, on Monday Sept. 11, 2006. German-born Pope Benedict XVI is on a six-day visit to his native Bavaria region of Germany. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)