In 1977 the theology professor Joseph Ratzinger was appointed archbishop of Munich and Freising. He stayed in office for only four years. When he became Pope Benedict XVI in 2006. pays a visit to his homeland, 250,000 people celebrate him in Munich.
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Andrea Schlier
Should there be a Bavarian-Catholic high mass of feelings, then this can be dated almost exactly to September 10, 2006, the hour when a man with white hair and a green robe called out to 250,000 people in the wide field of the Munich fair: ” God is there!”