Word: municheers
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...That letter contained the Bavarian native?s appointment to become his home region's Archbishop in Munich. It was a choice (by Pope Paul VI) that not only altered Ratzinger's career path, but the course of Catholic Church history. After five years as Munich Arcbishop, Ratzinger was eventually called to Rome by Pope John Paul II to become the Vatican?s chief of doctrine and discipline and two decades later Pope Benedict...
...Upon that sudden first entry into upper Church leadership, Ratzinger later recalled the sunny summer day and marveled at the reaction from the people at his inaugural mass in Munich. "The encounter with so many people who were welcoming this unknown person with a heartfelt warmth and joy that could not possibly have had to do with me personally but that once again showed me what a sacrament was," he wrote in Milestones...
...Saturday, he was back in Munich, where the sun was still shining. This time, of course, the warm welcome was not for some "unknown", but for the hometown priest-made-pope. Still, with surveys showing faith on the wane on the native soil of the Holy Father, the Pope was doing his best to keep positive as he spoke with reporters just before takeoff on a jet at Rome's Ciampino airport...
...showing bursts of authentic emotion Saturday as he waved to the faithful who?d turned out, and proudly sang parts of the Bavarian regional anthem. "Inside of me, so many memories of my years in Munich and Regensburg are coming back, memories of people and events that left deep traces in me," he said...
...first time in a long while, people in this country feel national pride and are free to show it. Germany doesn't deserve such a one-sided, sardonic summary. I cordially invite Saporito to visit me so I can show him the real face of my country. Katharina Pink Munich...