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As Benedict XVI visits his homeland, here’s why so many are protesting.

Pope Benedict starts his third papal tour of Germany.

Protests are expected during the visit of Pope Benedict XVI to German, Sept. 22-25. In Berlin Germany on Sept. 20, on the facade of the Axel Springer Verlag headquarters, workers unfurl a giant reproduction of the front page of tabloid Bild Zeitung the day after German Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was appointed Pope Benedict XVI.

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