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FILE - In this Saturday, Oct. 27, 2007 file photo, Pope Benedict XVI, center left, applauds, as his brother, Georg, right, looks on, during a concert by the German Symphonic Orchestra Bayerischer Rundfunk and the Bamberger Symphoniker, at the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican. The Rev. Georg Ratzinger, the older brother of Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI, who earned renown in his own right as a director of an acclaimed German boys choir, has died at age 96. The Regensburg diocese in Bavaria, where Ratzinger lived, said in a statement on his website that he died on Wednesday, July 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)Pallbearers prepare the coffin of Georg Ratzinger in Regensburg, Germany, Wednesday, July 1, 2020. The Rev. Georg Ratzinger, the older brother of Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI., has died at age 96. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader,)FILE - In this Sept. 13, 2006 file picture Pope Benedict XVI, right, walks with his brother priest Georg Ratzinger in Regensburg, southern Germany. The Rev. Georg Ratzinger, the older brother of Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI, who earned renown in his own right as a director of an acclaimed German boys choir, has died at age 96. The Regensburg diocese in Bavaria, where Ratzinger lived, said in a statement on his website that he died on Wednesday, July 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Diether Endlicher, File)Nuns stand at the coffin of Georg Ratzinger in Regensburg, Germany, Wednesday, July 1, 2020. The Rev. Georg Ratzinger, the older brother of Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI., has died at age 96. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader,)FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010 file photo, Georg Ratzinger attends a ceremony to hand over the keys of his house in Pentling near Regensburg, Germany. The Rev. Georg Ratzinger, the older brother of Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI, who earned renown in his own right as a director of an acclaimed German boys choir, has died at age 96. The Regensburg diocese in Bavaria, where Ratzinger lived, said in a statement on his website that he died on Wednesday, July 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)Nuns stand at the coffin of Georg Ratzinger in Regensburg, Germany, Wednesday, July 1, 2020. The Rev. Georg Ratzinger, the older brother of Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI., has died at age 96. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader,)
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FILE - In this Saturday, Oct. 27, 2007 file photo, Pope Benedict XVI, center left, applauds, as his brother, Georg, right, looks on, during a concert by the German Symphonic Orchestra Bayerischer Rundfunk and the Bamberger Symphoniker, at the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican. The Rev. Georg Ratzinger, the older brother of Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI, who earned renown in his own right as a director of an acclaimed German boys choir, has died at age 96. The Regensburg diocese in Bavaria, where Ratzinger lived, said in a statement on his website that he died on Wednesday, July 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)