Pope Benedict XVI called on Jews and Christians to act together "in order to prevent wicked forces ever come to power," during a special ceremony at the occasion of the first visit of a German pope to the Cologne synagogue.

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Pope Benedict XVI (C) arrives for a historic visit to Cologne’s synagogue


Benedict (R) is greeted by Michael Rado, Head of Cologne’s Jewish community


Pilgrims try to catch a glimpse of the Pope on his first foreign trip


The Pope (C) shakes hands with a Jewish community representative (L) next to Cologne’s Chief Rabbi Natanael Teitelbaum (R)


Benedict XVI is greeted by Chief Rabbi Natanael Teitelbaum into the Synagogue


The German pontiff joined Jews in the Kaddish prayer for victims of the Holocaust


Benedict (L) shakes hands with Cologne’s synagogue choir master Chaim Adler


Benedict XVI is the second pope in modern history to visit a Jewish temple


"We are witnessing the rise of new signs of anti-Semitism and hostility toward foreigners", the Pope has warned


Jewish officials welcomed the visit as an important moment in Jewish-Catholic relations

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