Green Bay Cathedral has rich history

I think we might have some new readers that haven't heard this one before.

Francis Xavier Cathedral, Green Bay, WI, date: Back in the Day

There are a bunch of interesting things in that Cathedral, beginning with the tombs of the Bishops there.

Perhaps the most interesting item is in the anteroom found on the Epistle side (currently the main entrance.)

There is a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary there, which was a gift from the Archbishop of the Diocese which sent Green Bay's first Bishop (and many of its priests.)

The statue--which is absolutely stunning, although not large--was sent as a gift because the Archbishop of that Diocese in Germany could not attend the 100th Anniversary celebration of the Green Bay Diocese.

He explained that he'd "been suddenly called to another assignment in Rome" and simply could not re-schedule things conveniently.

His name?

Cardinal Jospeh Ratzinger

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