00 08/04/2010 23:15
THIS IS JUST ABOUT THE MOST GORGEOUS EASTER TREAT POSSIBLE -
AND PRE-BIRTHDAY AND PRE-ANNIVERSARY...

...with the greatest of thanks to BENEVOLENS
and the PAPA RATZINGER FORUM....








Benevolens's note on the pictures:

The pics are from a new book about Papa's childhood and youth called "Ich werde mal Kardinal" ("I will be a cardinal when I grow up") by Johann Nussbaum.

About the pic of young Joseph in what appear to be Bavarian style leather pants: The author showed it to Msgr Georg Ratzinger who confirmed it depicted indeed Joseph, but that the pants were not leather because that would have been too expensive.

The other photo is an enlargement of Joseph in a seminary group photo of 1947.




NB: I enlarged the photos, so the enlargements are grainy!

[Modificato da TERESA BENEDETTA 08/04/2010 23:16]