Received two days ago. . .

. . . from Dr Moynihan's "Newsflash" service via Inside the Vatican magazine:

On the question whether Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger will be the next Pope, the German journalist Peter Seewald replied: “An interesting constellation exists in this conclave. Perhaps this is an omen, but next week is under the patronage of the Germans in the ecclesiastical calendar: from Tuesday, April 19, the Church remembers Leo IX – one of the most significant German Popes who reigned from 1049 to 1054. From Thursday, April 21, the Church remembers Father Konrad of Parzham. Parzham lies only a few kilometres away from Ratzinger’s place of birth Marktl on the Inn, and both lie in the same diocese Passau.”