European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 4, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday May 4, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 3 Mayer was considered living Saint Bye Dreaves stiff write Munich when Jesuit priest Rupert Mayer took the staff at a Large nazi rally in Munich during the tumultuous political Days before hitter s takeover he was greeted with thunderous  name had become synonymous with compas Sion. His parishioners and Many others who knew him considered him a living Saint because or his concent for the common  what Mayer Lold the sea of Brown shirted nazi enthusiasts was he last thing the cheering crowd expected to hear that a Good Catholic could not be a National  kind of courage ultimately put Mayer in a nazi , bom in Stuttgart in 1876, had his lint con tact with the Jesuit As a student in Ravensberg. He began Bis theological studies in 1894 at the Catholic University of feb our in Switzerland later Transfer ring to Munich and tue Bingo Mayer became a priest in 1899 and joined the Jesu it in 1900. In 1912 lie was called to Munich where his Church social work earned him a reputation As a car ing compassionate priest during world War i Mayer and 95 other  As army chaplains Mayer who was Jesuit priest father Rupert Mayer appt to Munich and Germany have had highs lows with papal guests Munich is although thousand lined Miles of streets to Welcome Pope John Paul ii to Munich sunday the City has had its ups and Downs with themen who sat on St Peter s throne in the Vatican. Cardinal enea Silvio de Piccol Muu spent several Days in the City before becoming Pius u in 1438. He said Munich was truly a City of great  Pius i he first Pope to visit the City was so overwhelmed by the reception he received from  in 1782 that he called his visit a Day of Triumph for the , in i so Annibale Della Genga who later be came Pope Leo Btl. Had Little cause to Praise Munich or the bavarian. Genga failed in his Mission to negotiate a concordat with Maximilian in. Bitter about his experience in Munich where he suffered from Lack of financial sup port from the bavarian Royalty or any understanding for his Mission he declared the germans have Al ways changed their religion As others change their , adding insult to injury Genga said any country that drinks Beer cannot have the necessary religious  in contrast. Pope Pius Xii a former papal Nuncio i Germany and one of the first id plead for forgiveness for the German deeds of world War ii said i spent the happiest Yean of my life in  second German Church set afire Bonn