His Eminence Michael Cardinal von Faulhaber (born March 3, 1869 in Unterfranken, died June 12, 1952 in Munich) was a Cardinal in the Catholic Church and Arch Bishop of Munich during 35 years, from 1917 to his death in 1952. He ordained the later Pope Benedict XVI to priest in Munich in 1951.
He was an opponent of Nazism. In an Advent 1933 sermon, he preached: "Let us not forget that we were saved not by German blood but by the blood of Christ!" in response to Nazi racism, while in the same year he wrote in a hand-written letter to Hitler, "May God protect our Chancellor for our people."
In 1934 an unknown person fired two shots at the cardinal's study. In 1938 a Nazi mob broke the windows in his residence.
Some describe Faulhaber as a Nazi sympathizer, while the Catholic church sees him as a leading figure in the resistance against Hitler.
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