Pope Benedict XVI greeted by crowds in Serra San Bruno
After arriving in Lamezia Terme, Benedict XVI was greeted by a crowd of 30,000 people in Serra San Bruno and acclaimed all along the route travelled in the 'popemobile' from the heliport set up at La Quercia Sports Centre to Santo Stefano Square, outside the charterhouse founded 900 years ago by another German who had travelled there, St. Bruno .
During his first papal trip to the US, Pope Benedict XVI will visit a synagogue led by a rabbi who survived the Holocaust, the nation's bishops said Thursday.