![Catholic Priest Georg Ratzinger, the 81-year-old brother of [newly elected German Pope Benedict XVI], poses at his home in Regensburg April 20, 2005. [Georg, told ARD television on Wednesday he was taken aback by the choice of the 78-year-old, the first German pope for a millennium, to lead more than a billion Catholics. "I was shocked, that's right ... I'd thought that his age and not very stable health were a reason for the cardinals to choose someone else," he said.],Image: 445254461, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Credit line: Tobias Schwarz / Reuters / Forum](https://najwazniejsze24.pl/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/forum-0445254461-3-p4a6atxjnpx98yn0hk7vxz1zfmg6wvjdbcnsgl4wdg.jpg "Catholic Priest Georg Ratzinger, the 81-year-old brother of [newly elected German Pope Benedict XVI]..")
W wyniku choroby 1 lipca br. zmarł ks. prał. Georg Ratzinger, brat emerytowanego papieża Benedykta XVI. Wyrazy współczucia Benedyktowi XVI oraz całej rodzinie z powodu śmierci ks. Ratzingera złożył abp Stanisław Gądecki, przewodniczący Konferencji Episkopatu Polski. Ks. Georg Ratzinger zmarł w Ratyzbonie w Niemczech, w wieku 96 lat.
