Benedict XVI meets some representatives of the Schülerkreis

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(31/8/16) On Saturday 27th August some members of the Schülerkreis and the new Schülerkreis met the emeritus Pope Benedict XVI during the annual meeting. Among them there were cardinal Kurt Koch, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, the emeritus archbishop of Graz-Seckau Msgr. Egon Kapellari, the abbot of Heiligenkreuz Monastery in Austria Maximilian Heim, Ratzinger Prize 2011 (in the picture with Benedict XVI and Msgr. Gänswein) and father Stephan Horn, Salvatorian priest who was the assistant of professor Ratzinger in the past; now he is coordinator of the Schülerkreis and member of the Board of Directors of the Joseph Ratzinger – Benedict XVI Vatican Foundation.