What a heartfelt encounter today in Rome with our beloved Father emeritus Benedict XVI! Together with the well-known journalist Peter Seewald, I had the honor to present him with a wonderful new book: a volume that our diocese has published together with Seewald. Title: “Benedict XVI - The German Pope”. Great images, many short, deep texts on great themes and a brief summary of his life. Although Pope Benedict has a black eye after a fall last week, he has met us in good health, good shape, full of spirit and with many small and great memories of people from his and our diocese. He sends his greetings to all of us and has given us all his blessing.