Premiere für den Papst - Erster Staatsbesuch in Großbritannien

#Pope Benedict is beginning an unprecedented state visit to Britain today. +++ LM-REIN+++ The pontiff left Rome this morning and is expected to arrive in the Scottish capital Edinburgh in the next hour. The country's catholic minority is looking foward to the visit - only the second by a pope in almost five centuries. However protests are also planned over the pope's rejection of women priests, birth control and equal rights for gay people. +++ LM-RAUS+++ Also controversial were comments made a senior German papal official on the eve of the trip, likening Britain to a Third World country.