Archbishop Zollitsch meets the Pope in Rome in March

At the rate he is going, there will be quite a reception committee for him.

To be charitable to the German bishops, perhaps they just didn't know- his previous career has been polished by cautious and wise administration. The archetypal sleeper who has awoken just at the end of his career. Clearly an elderly liberal in a hurry in the highest and last post of any importance that he will occupy.