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Pope’s parents met through personal ad, German paper says: Bild am Sonntag said 43-year-old Joseph Ratzinger senior placed an advertisement as a "low-level civil servant" seeking "a good Catholic girl, who can cook and sew a bit … to marry as soon as possible, preferably with a picture," in a Bavarian paper in March 1920.…

House where Pope was born vandalized: Vandals threw paint-filled balloons at the house where Pope Benedict XVI was born Sunday, a day before the pontiff planned to visit his hometown during his six-day trip to Bavaria. No serious damage was done to the house in the town of Marktl am Inn, said Bavarian state police…

A couple of notes: Many thanks to reader Thomas for sending along this link to Radio Bavaria, which has archived, for your viewing pleasure, video of the visit so far – it seems to be in little news capsules, but I’m not sure. But I think it is worth watching, even if you don’t speak…

If you’ve not watched any video of the visit so far…do. Benedict is so obviously happy to be there – even, it seems at times during the singing of the old hymns..moved. There is this mix of joy, hope, and melancholy surrounding this visit, as even Benedict’s brother has said outright – he knows this…
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