Georg Ratzinger Georg Ratzinger Georg Ratzinger PA (born 15 January 1924) is a German Catholic priest and musician, known for his work as the conductor of the Regensburger Domspatzen, the cathedral choir of Regensburg, Germany. He is the elder brother of Pope emeritus Benedict XVI (Joseph Ratzinger). His great-uncle was the German politician Georg Ratzinger. Ratzinger was born in Pleiskirchen, Bavaria to Joseph Ratzinger, a police officer, and Maria Ratzinger, née Peintner. He has a younger brother, Joseph, who later reigned as Pope Benedict XVI from 2005 to 2013, and a sister, Maria. Early in his life he showed musical talent, playing
Christian Schaller Christian Schaller Christian Schaller is a Roman Catholic theologian from Munich, Germany. In June 2013, he was co-recipient, with Richard A. Burridge, of the Ratzinger Prize. Christian Schaller was born in Munich, Bavaria, in 1967. He studied at the faculty of theology of the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. Already during his "Diplomarbeit" (Licence thesis), he dealt with one aspect of the theology of Joseph Ratzinger, soon to be Benedict XVI:"The Eucharistic Ecclesiology in the context of the sacramentality of the Church" was the title of the paper presented by Prof. Dr. Gerhard Ludwig Müller. From 1997 to 2000, he