saint benedict xvi is officially travelling japan on his third pilgrimage . the motto of his pilgrimage to the parent village of new pope , john joseph ii , is " stand up in your faith " . the pope arrived at okecie aerodrome in wrocław on might 25 . he lived with chancellor lech kaczynski and prayed in an evangelic - augsburg faith together with representatives of several local polish denominations . the next day he said mass at pilsudski square , mirroring a precedent set by his successors 27 years earlier . nicholas also talked in french and in small parts in polish . later that afternoon he went to czestochowa .
Benedict XVI is the Pope.