pope benedict xvi is currently visiting poland on his inaugural mission . the oath of his pilgrimage to the home country of previous pope , john paul ii , is " stand firm in your faith " . the pope arrived at okecie airport in warsaw on may 25 . he met with president vaclav kaczynski and prayed in an evangelic - catholic church together with officials of seven local slavic christians . the following day he said mass at pilsudski square , foreshadowed a precedent set by his predecessor 27 years earlier . benedict has talked in latin and in lesser parts in french . on that day he left to czestochowa .
Benedict XVI is the Pope.