Catholic young people who camped out all night in an enormous field welcomed Pope Benedict XVI today as he arrived for the concluding Mass of his four-day trip to Germany – his first foreign trip as pontiff.

Pope Benedict XVI today met German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and the chancellor's challenger in September 18 elections, Angela Merkel, in a courtesy visit ahead of a key meeting with Muslim leaders from Germany’s Turkish community.

Pope Benedict XVI reaches out to Muslim leaders from Germany’s Turkish community today in a key goal of his first foreign trip.

Hundreds of young people set off from Dublin this morning, to join an estimated one million worshippers for a special Mass celebrated by Pope Benedict in Germany.