I had been wondering why the Vatican Press Office had not posted the text of the Holy Father's remarks after the Sistine Chapel concert in his honor on Saturday evening, until I came across a brief report from AGI saying he did not give his usual post-concert remarks, possibly because the composer of the major work on the program is his own brother...
Pope chooses not to give
a post-concert 'review' of
his brother's Holy Year Mass
by Salvatore Izzo
VATICAN CITY, Nov. 11 (Translated from AGI) -The Saturday evening concert at the Sistine Chapel was not concluded as it would have been normally, by a discourse from the Pope.
The concert featured the Holy Year Mass composed by his brother, Mons. Georg Ratzinger, and though it was very beautiful, the Pope apparently did not think it proper to comment on it in public.
After the concert, he said, "Dear friends, I am not giving an address tonight, only a blessing. Thanks to you all, especially the choir. Good night, and have a good week".
For his brother, he had an affectionate gesture before they both posed with the choir for pictures. For that, Mons. Georg Gaenswein, the Pope's personal secretary, retrieved from both brothers the canes which both now use - black for the Pope, white for his brother.
