Pope Benedict's elder brother, Georg Ratzinger (81) told Germany's Bild am Sonntag newspaper yesterday that the pontiff's main weakness was his forgetfulness.Feeling frustrated because you can't remember where you left something? Don't worry: even the Pope loses things sometimes.
"He sometimes misplaces things, and all of a sudden doesn't know where his watch, his keys or a specific paper are anymore," the paper quoted Ratzinger, who is a priest, as saying.
What does he value most in his sibling, who is three years his junior?
"His clarity of thought", his patience and "that we help each other out", Bild am Sonntag quoted him as saying.
Ratzinger has previously been quoted as saying his brother might be too old for his new job.
He attended Sunday's inaugural papal Mass, celebrated by the former Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, but said he had not brought a gift for a man who had everything.
He said he planned to ask his brother for just one thing: "His direct telephone number."