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InSeptember2011,PopeBenedictXVIvisitedGermany.Ifthepresswastobebelieved,thewholecountrywasgrippedbyPopemania.OneofthestopsonhistripwasErfurt.<br/> TheimagesThomasHeiseshowsusofthisvisitdon’tresembleintheslightestthoseseenfordaysonendoneverychannel.Coolblackandwhitereplacestheincense-heavyhuesofCatholicism,theomnipresentPopegiveswaytopolice,securityguards,anervousstatepremier,snipers,firstaidteamsandallthoserequiredbyprotocol.Everyonedressedintheappropriatecostumes,suitsanduniformsrehearsingthemeticulouslyplannedgrandarrivalatErfurtairport.<br/> Theusualstatevisitcommotion,youmightsay.ButthetitularconditioncanrelatetothedetailsofthePope’svisitaswellasthedescriptionofamoregeneralstate.Thesloganofthe2011CatholicDiasporaDaycanbeseenonthedoorofErfurtCathedral:“Wearealltogetherinourbeliefs”.Erfurtin2011:inthemidstofThüringen’sCatholicenclave,inwhatusedtobeEastGermany,thefilmalsoevokesthesortofpromisesofcollectivehappinessnolongerheldinsuchhighregard.It’snothardtoseethisasaquestionofthesystem.
