20th WYD Photos # 9: Pope Meets German Dignitaries

Photos courtesy of Associated Press.

On his third day, the Holy Father meets with a number of German political and social figures.

Here he receives German Chancellor, Gerhard Schroeder and his wife Doris Schroeder-Koepf.




With Wolfgang Thierse, President of the German lower house of parliament Bundestag


Angela Merkel, the Christian Democratic (CDU) leader


With Thierse, Cardinal Sodano and Cardinal Meisner