German cake too fragile for aircraft hold ferried to pope by car

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2026-10-06

Leipzig, Germany (dpa) - A Christmas stollen - or fruitcake - made in the Ore Mountains in eastern Germany and intended for Pope Leo XIV was driven to Rome in an official vehicle, officials in Dresden, the capital of state of Saxony, revealed on Tuesday. The cake, weighing around 4 kilograms, was considered too fragile to be transported by air, the Saxon State Chancellery said. Saxon Premier Michael Kretschmer took the special gift to the Vatican......

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