"To you, Benedict, dear father and brother, goes our affection, our gratitude and our closeness."
Pope Francis noted the 70th anniversary of priestly ordination of Benedict XVI on this feast of Sts. Peter and Paul.
After praying today's midday Angelus, Pope Francis said this:
On the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul in 1951, Joseph Alois Ratzinger was ordained to the priesthood alongside his brother Georg.
