A Book About The Brother of the POPE-Plus Music Music Music

I suppose when your brother is the Pope you can do things like have him on the front Cover


This appears to be a recent picture of the Pope's brother giving a copy of his biography recently published in Germany to his BRO.

Thanks to the Ratzinger forum here for pointing this out.

Here is the short entry from the publishers catalog
Anton Zuber
Der Bruder des Papstes
Georg Ratzinger und die Regensburger Domspatzen
[The Pope's brother:
Georg Ratzinger and the Regensburger Domspatzen]
1st Printing 2007
Verlag Herder

With color and B/W pictures
Format: 13.9 x 21.4 cm, 256 pp., bound
€ 19.90

ISBN: 978-3-451-29604-8


Georg Ratzinger, former Choirmaster of Regensburg, has become 'the Pope's brother'
with the election of Benedict XVI. For 30 years he trained and led the world-famous
boys choir Regensburger Domspatzen. This biography recounts his life - in which
music is the central point - vividly and graphically.

Hopefully there will be a English version soon

Here is a short article in German relating to this. There is a cool pic of his brothers in his shades about to do something offical it appears at the link. I can't read German but this is what comes out when I do the "google translates" thing

14.08.2007 13:40 clock
Regensburg (strip packing bay). Pope Benedikt XVI. on Thursday in his summer residence in Castel Gandolfo with Rome a special reading one presents: A Biografie over his brother George Ratzinger. The earlier Regensburger Domkapellmeister becomes the book “the brother of the Pope - George Ratzinger and the Regensburger Domspatzen” the catholic church head personally hand over, as the Herder communicated publishing house in Freiburg. Also with it also the author of the Biografie, Anton Zuber, will be representative of the Domspatzen and old publisher Hermann Herder.

Zuber describes on more as 250 sides the life George Ratzingers on the basis of the childhood and youth between Inn and salt oh, over its years than Regensburger Domkapellmeister up to the time after the choice cardinal Joseph Ratzingers to the Pope. The Biografie is available starting from 25 August in the book trade. The official presentation of the work is planned for 4 September in Regensburg. The Regensburger Domspatzen under the direction of Domkapellmeister Roland Büchner takes over the musical organization.

George Ratzinger was born on 15 January 1924 in Pleiskirchen with Altötting and is nearly three years older than Benedikt XVI. Both on 19 June 1951 in freesing geweiht to the priest. From 1964 to 1994 George Ratzinger led the Regensburger Domspatzen.