On the Ziegetsdorfer cemetery parents, and his sister Maria are buried. The house in the outskirts of the city municipality of Pentling was the Professor of theology Joseph Ratzinger in 1969, after his call to the University build.
in The afternoon, wanted the Pope’s Ambassador, Archbishop Nikola Eterovic Benedict’s visit XVI a visit. The former Church leader had traveled on Thursday, surprisingly, from the Vatican to Regensburg, to his seriously ill brother Georg Ratzinger (96) to be close to.
diocese spokesman: Benedict full of energy
The program is just three years younger than Pope Emeritus completed since then, said the Regensburg diocese spokesman Clemens Neck: “We are all amazed at the energy and power he puts on the day.” At the same time, the speaker acknowledged that the media had respected the private nature of the trip. “It’s all in the context of custom and decency remained.” dpa Regensburg: a number of onlookers watching the motorcade with Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI in front of the residence of his brother.
The two Ratzinger brothers maintain an intimate relationship. George was become in 1964 in Regensburg, Germany Director of music. In 1974, the brothers left their parents from the grave in the upper Bavarian town of Traunstein to Regensburg-Ziegetsdorf patient transfer. In 1991, died in Maria and was also buried there. The Pentlinger house of Joseph Ratzinger used in his time as Munich Archbishop and head of the Vatican congregation for regular stays believe.
in 2010, five years after the beginning of his pontificate, he gave the property to the meanwhile in Regensburg Institute, established by Pope Benedict XVI, managed by his theological heritage. Since then, the house as a Museum, archive and meeting place will be used. “Then it is”: With horror, organizer reports of images from Berlin, FOCUS Online “Then it is”: With horror, organizer reports of pictures from Berlin
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