>> stock markets around the world fall on growing concerns about a recession. >> pope benedict is on a trip to germany. tens of thousands of catholics came to the city's olympic stadium. >> the pontiff was given a welcome as the zero arrived at the olympic stadium. tens of thousands of people came to celebrate mass with the pope, among them germany's leading

political figures. one intend are about catholics, everyone was pleased with the reception. -- one in 10 are avowed catholics.s. many attribute great hopes to this visit. there are those that hope that pope benedict can bring more catholics to his homeland. >> when this is coupled with the unhappy experience that there are good and bad fish in the church, the individuals focus is fixed solely are not the negative, then the grand beautiful mystery of the church is not within their grasp. >> at no time did he address the

difficulties plaguing the church in germany, but the problems are there. more than 181,000 catholics have left the church. >> earlier this afternoon, pope benedict addressed the german parliament. in his 30 minute address, he talked about the origins of modern human rights in the biblical tradition. there is more on the pope's address and the first day of this visit to germany. >> it was a historic moment and one of the highlights of the pope's visit. this is the first time that a catholic leader had addressed the german parliament but it was not without controversy. several parliamentarians boycotted the speech. the pontiff went ahead with his

speech regardless. he said the excesses' and barbarity of the nazi regime form an important lesson for today's politician. -- for today's politicians. >> we have seen how power became divorced from justice. the power opposed to justice and crushed it and how the state became an instrument for destroying justice. to serve justice and to fight against injustice is and remains the fundamental task of the politician. >> pope benedict says that germany and europe will stand by these values and not sacrifice ethics for power. he criticized the idea that religion has no place in politics. >> this rational perception

forms our cultural memory. 24 get it or consign it to the past would like be and detail in our culture. --ó to forget it or consign it to the pass would be like amputating a part of our culture. >> the german president did not shy away from a difficult questions. he believes that people can get divorced and be remarried. >> how much mercy does the church show when dealing with people's lives? also when individuals have done wrong? what place is there for laymen beside the clergy, for women beside men? >> these issues were also present at merkel's discussions

with the church leader. the pope focused on reducing debt and called for more solidarity. >> i stress once again the importance of european unity for us says germans. it means prosperity, democracy, and freedom. >> the next step was meeting with representatives of germany's jewish community before heading to the mass at the olympic stadium. >> the visit comes at a challenging time. over 180,000 people have left the church in the wake of the sex abuse scandal involving priests. there is a growing disconnect between those who are conservative and the ordinary life. demonstrations were held on the streets of berlin. >> around 10,000 people

demonstrated against the pope's visit but the turnout was lower than expected. some poked fun while others were more serious. some former residents say the catholic church has left a long lasting scars on their lives. >> we say, never again. we are demonstrating against the catholic church because they have closed their eyes to the past. we are fighting for more and better recognition of what actually happened. >> the lesbian and gay association organized the rally. their slogan was "no power to dogma." >> the protest is aimed at the church is sexual policies, against its view of women's rights, and its aids policies, which makes it a taboo to use condoms to prevent hiv. >> many of the demonstrators

insisted that the church must do more to adapt to modern times. >> as you can see, for the most part, the pope has received a warm welcome. returning back to his speech, there was some controversy regarding the speech. >> he did in fact get a standing ovation and even a couple of laps during his speech. that has not been at all clear beforehand that that would be the case. this speech did generate a lot of controversy. many stayed away. there has been some fears that the pope might use the dium to proselytize but in fact those fears were not realized. it was quite a philosophical speech in which, as you could hear in the report, the pope made the point that lawmakers needed to be guided not just biologic or fact-based

functionalism but values and an inner conscience which the pope believes must be derived from religion and belief. quite philosophical but a special meeting for a country which during the nazi era, lawmaking became divorced from values. >> there was some political content. he mentioned green issues. what can you tell us? >> if he was to vote he might vote green because he made quite a strong appeal for ecological thinking, praising the german environmental movement for having been a cry for fresh air and a plea to listen to what he called the voice of nature. he did get a laughhere when he told his listeners that he did not mean this to be a call for them to vote for a particular party. >> we thank you for that update.

we will have more on the pope's visit coming up later in this program. you can find more on our website. there is a flurry of diplomatic activity surrounding the palestinians planned bid for full u.n. membership. the u.s. and other international mediators are trying to g g mahmoud abbas to drop the state had a bid. abbas says he will go ahead with the application as planned. the u.s. is still vowing to veto the measure in the u.n. security cococil. the german foreign minister is calling for new peace talks between the palestinians and israelis. negotiations have been on ice for three years with neither side willing to fill the gap. class the latest news from new york has been a huge disappointment. --

>> the latest news from new york has been a huge disappointment. people are chanting, obama, listen to us. people in the west bank criticized obama's speech did it general assembly. >> the palestinian people would like to have our own state. we have a right to self- determination. everyone knows that israel's is america's spoid child that can do whatever it wants to. >> many believe that mahmoud abbas' appearance will make the difference. he is expected to formulate an application for u.n. membership. some believe it is too early. >> we don't have a national reconciliation yet. how can we have negotiations? how can they go to the united nations when we have not

organize ourselves? >> in israel, the issue of palestinian state that has divided public opinion. >> the palestinians should get their state. that should also be in our interest. >> there are many in tel aviv who disagree with those assessments. >> there seems to be no clear consensus on how to proceed in this global financial crisis. >> a lot of divided opinion. the world isfacing critical challenges. the international monetary fund says what we need is collective action to resolve the crisis. the imf and world bank held their annual conferences today. they have warned europe and u.s. that they risked suffocating the global economy. they have topped four countries to -- they have also convinced poor countries that they need to

get things in order. >> there is hope according to christine lagarde. >> having a little bit of patience while pushing the leaders into the direction where they have to take much needed action, more action than what has already been done. >> her optimism about the global economy is not shared by the world bank president. >> i still think that a double- dip recession for the major economies is unlikely but my confidence is being eroded daily by the steady grip of difficult economic news. >> they called on industrialized nations to take action spreading to developing economies. >> let's go to our washington

correspondent. you were covering the conference. what did the world's main lenders have to say? >> the time for mauling through was over and the government in japan and america and europe must act to address the financial and economic problems. -- the time for mulling through was over. otherwise, their troubles might become the problems of the world. this might make a bad situation even worse. we might not see a recession in the u.s. and in europe. christine lagarde said that the world economy is at a very dangerous place. >> with such a solid recovery, what is the difference between now and three years ago? >> well, three years ago, the governments had money that they

could put into the economy. now, the money is gone. what is also very bad is the situation did not really improve a lot. what is very bad at the moment is that we see a danger of protectionism. this would be very dangerous for economies like china and germany. >> thank you very much for joining us. taking a look now at the markets. europe opened the day 4% down despite the american central bank for billion dollar bond program. -- four billion dollar bond program. >> the fed starts to twist but the markets refuse to dance. the new measures announced by the federal reserve could not be liked by investors because they gave a warning that the u.s. economy is in danger.

there have been warnings coming from the imf that the world economy might cool down. recession fears directed down the markets sharply. car makers, also shares of -- the facts went down by 5%. -- the dax went down by 5%. there is fear that there is more trouble ahead. >> things were flat lining in frankfurt. those fears are having an effect. as you heard, the dax fell almost 5% but still managed to stay above the 5000 mark. the dow ended about 3.5% down. the euro is trading at $1.34.

one good thing for you, oil is getting cheaper. crude has been trading over 5% down. the price drop came in response to the disappointing economic forecast. slow economic growth reduces demand for oil. >> i will be back after a short break with more on the pope's visit to germany. don't go away.

>> we continue our broadcast of coverage of the pope's return to his native germany. there was a warm reception the german president.

benedict later held private talks with chancellor angela merkel where they discussed the financial crisis and globalization. then he went over to deliver the first ever speech to the german parliament by a poke. his address there was largely philosophical. he wrapped up the day with a celebration and a mass for over 60,000 people in berlin's of the stadium. he tried to help catholics strengthen their faith. he will be reaching out to other duties. he knows that he has quite a job ahead of him. -- he will be reaching out to other communities. some peoplareisappointed about the vatican's pace of reform and their unwavering stance when it comes to sexuality, the traditional family, and priesthood.

>> the election of a german pope in april, 2005, was received with enthusiasm by many roman catholics in germany. pope benedict was known to be a theological conservative. that did not bother the leaders or dampen celebrations on his election in his hometown. >> it is fantastic. he is the first german pope and 480 years and i am proud of that. >> we hoped he would be elected. now, we are happy. >> four months later, he traveled to germany for his first visit as pope. hundreds of thousands turned out to welcome him. at world youth day, crowds gave him a rock star reception. there was posters given away by a teen magazine. the german polk disappointed hohos that he would build

bridges and introduce reform. on the contrary, he threw his weight behind the conservative movement. -- the german pope disappointed hopes. his efforts to improve interface relations had setbacks after he offended muslims and jews. >> at times, i find him too coervative. i would like to see and it is for reform and a readiness to take risks. -- i would like to see some impetus for reform. >> the faithful would really welcome reform. >> a rigorous a theologian, and intellectual, but it when it comes to dealing with individuals, he lacks a certain toucuc >> it is like with our

politicians, we elect them and evythi tur out different. >> germans remain ambivalent about their pope said they're not expecting him to work miracles. they hope that this will improve his image at home. >> we are joined by the editor in chief of the catholic news agency. thank you for joining us. you like to pick up on that report. do you agree with that report that said that initial enthusiasm has died down? >> if you look at the six years, there have been lots of ups and downs. recently, there has been more downs than ups, especially the scandal of the sexual abuse by priests.

there has been successes as well during his trip to england, for example, and now during his german trip. i think that the first reactions are very positive. protesters are much fewer than expected. >> what do you think the german catholics are expecting from his visit? >> i think that they want to regain confidence. they have lost a lot of their confidence that they had in church leadership because of the bad handling of the abuse crisis. i think that they look up to the pope as someone who can lead them in this crisis a a show them a better future. >> do you think that he can fulfill those expectations? we heard in amassed a day, it was very philosophical. we did -- he did talk about the

sexual abuse scandal but do you think that he can fulfill these expectations? >> i don't think that he can fulfill all of this. by his speeches, his actions, the three remaining days, he cannot fulfil all of these expectations. >> we will have to leave it there. thank you very much for your opinion. part of the pope's tour will take into a state that has a large number of catholics and lutherans. for every catholic church, there is also a luthen one. in some places, they are forced to share a space for economic reasons. how did they represent their

views on -- under one roof? we went to the churches to find out. >> it is saturday evening and lutherans are gathered for a service at st. peter's cathedral. the next morning, the catholic community gathers for sunday mass. it is a different location but the publication is the same. catholics and lutherans shared the cathedral. when one corrugation is in attendance, pews remains empty. sharing the church is not without its quirks. >> let's say that you and i are both catholic and we are getting married. the wedding would be over there. we want to hear the church bells but they are in the lutheran church. they have to overcome divisions

and cooperate. >> the lutherans and catholics share the church bells but little else. there is two of just about everything, from the altar to the organs. st. peter's is used either by the lutheran or the catholics. the screen and through the center of the church is not the only thing separating the lutheran and the catholics. of the clergy can never invite their congregations to the lord's supper.. the lutherans do not recognize the pope's authority, this issue has been prompting debate for centuries. the clergymen speak less about ideology and more about practical matters. in this church, each corrugation have to consider the other.

>> it is like sharing an apartment in the name of the lord. if someone leaves a dirty dishes line around, there will be friction. we have to respect each other. >> respect and consideration for one another. that could be an ecumenical model for other bond -- model for everyone. whether catholic or lutheran, they all believe in the same god. >> that wraps up our "in-depth" on the pope's visit to germany. thank you for joining us. d

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