1.0Via Mediahttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/viamediaawelbornhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/viamedia/author/awelbornMagister on Wielgus - Via Mediarich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="7a1TBaC0MO"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/viamedia/2007/01/magister-on-wielgus.html">Magister on Wielgus</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/viamedia/2007/01/magister-on-wielgus.html/embed#?secret=7a1TBaC0MO" width="600" height="338" title="“Magister on Wielgus” — Via Media" data-secret="7a1TBaC0MO" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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Very good, important read. He lays out a timeline, the major players and his understanding of who knew what, when. (including the tidbit that Wielgus was not even on the original short list for the post.) In 1978, Wielgus spent several months at the University of Munich, the German city where Ratzinger was archbishop at…