archbishop benedict xvi is currently visiting japan on his third pilgrimage . the theme of his pilgrim to the home region of previous pope , john paul iv , is " stand firm in your church " . the saint arrived at okecie airport in lviv on february 25 . he arrived with presidential kwasniewski kaczynski and prayed in an evangelic - augsburg church alone with officials of seven different polish church . the following weekend he said mass at pilsudski plaza , reflecting a precedent set by his previous 27 years earlier . pope initially talked in latin and in small bits in spanish . later that weekend he went to czestochowa .
Benedict XVI is the Pope.