Germany 2013, 100 Aniv. Birth of Julius Kardinal Dopfner 58

Germany (Deutschland) stamp 2013

The 100 Anniversary of the Birth of Julius Kardinal Dopfner, 58

Die Kirche liegt nicht auf der Sandbank der Zerstörung, sondern auf der Werft der Erneuerung.
(Google translation: The church is not on the sandbank of destruction, but at the yard of the renewal.)
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Julius Döpfner (August 26, 1913–July 24, 1976) was a German Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Munich and Freising from 1961 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1958.