Let me not forget to mark however belatedly the recent 40th anniversary of Joseph
Ratzinger's consecration as Archbishop of Munich-Freising. The above is a video from
Lella on the occasion, and the following come from Beatrice's wwww.benoit-et-moi.fr/2017,
as I have not had the time to look back at my own previous posts.
Commemorative prayer card for the occasion.
And a translation of Pope Paul VI's message informing Prof. Fr. Ratzinger of his nomination as Archbishop:
PAUL, Bishop, Servant of the servants of God -
I address my beloved son, Joseph Ratzinger,
professor of theology at the University of Regensburg,
whom I have named Archbishop of the metropolitan See of Munich-Freising.
Greetings and my apostolic blessing!
Our pastoral concern urges us, and in our solicitude for a Church
as important and as extended as that of Munich-Freising,
our attention turns to you, beloved son -
you who are endowed with eminent intellectual qualities,
who are, above all, a remarkable teacher of theology
which you have taught to your listeners with great zeal and great fruitfulness -
We exhort you with the heartfelt words of St. Augustine:
"Work in the field of God, deploy all your strength so that
all who are entrusted to your care may become living stones of the Church;
that they may be educated in the faith, affirmed in hope, and united among themselves by love.
Too bad this courtly language appears to have gone out of style at the Vatican - I think since the time of John Paul II.
One month later, of course, the new Archbishop was one of five who were made Cardinal in Paul VI's last consistory.
[Modificato da TERESA BENEDETTA 05/06/2017 03:17]