Vatican confirms papal trip to Germany Sept. 9-14

Published: 2006-06-26

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Vatican officially has confirmed that Pope Benedict XVI's fourth foreign trip will be a Sept. 9-14 visit to Germany. The brief announcement June 24 said the pope will visit Munich, Altotting and Regensburg, all in the Bavarian region where he was born. He served as archbishop of Munich from 1977 to 1981, when Pope John Paul II named him prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Earlier he taught theology at Regensburg University. His parents are buried in Regensburg, and his brother, Msgr. Georg Ratzinger, still lives in the city. The Vatican has not released a detailed itinerary for the September trip.

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