His Eminence Friedrich Cardinal Wetter (born February 20, 1928 in Landau, Germany) is the current archbishop of Munich, Germany, and a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 2005 papal conclave that selected Pope Benedict XVI.
Cardinal FriedrichWetter said in Munich that the tour by Joseph Ratzinger would include visits to the diocesan seats of Munich and Regensburg as well as to Bavaria's main pilgrimage site, Altoetting, where pilgrims have come for centuries to pray to St. Mary for cures.
Wetter, who took over from Ratzinger as archbishop of Munich in 1982 when the eminent theologian moved to Rome, said it was likely the pope would make a brief visit to the tiny town of Marktl-am-Inn, where his birthplace has been converted into a museum.
Wetter added that Ratzinger had been going to Altoetting since he was a child and loved the place.
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