Maria Ratzinger was her brother's housekeeper. She also helped him with his work as a college professor - he would give his lectures to her and she would tell him where he needed to make his points clearer.
Maria Ratzinger.
His father was Josef Ratzinger, senior, and his mother was Maria.
Joseph Ratzinger, Sr.and Maria Ratzinger (née Peintner)
Maria Ratzinger
Maria was the Pope's sister, housekeeper and closest confidant! The personal history of the Pope is replete with the presence of women in trusted roles of influence who have acted as his aides and advisers. The first of these was his sister, Maria, who died in 1991. Living with the then-Grand Inquisitor in his cardinalatial apartment in the Piazza della Cittá Leonina, Maria Ratzinger kept house for her brother.
Maria Ratzinger
Joseph Alois Ratzinger was the third and youngest child of Joseph Ratzinger, Sr., a police officer, and Maria Ratzinger (née Peintner).
Formerly Cardinal Josef Ratzinger., he was born in Bavaria to Josef[ Sr ] and Maria Ratzinger in Bavaria. His brother is also a priest. Fr. Georg Ratzzinger was choirmaster at Regensburg Cathedral , also in Germany. Pope Benedict VI's parents are Joseph Ratzinger, Sr. and Maria Ratzinger.
Maria Ratzinger.
Pope Benedict was the son of Joseph Ratzinger, Sr., and Maria Ratzinger (née Peintner).
Benedict has 1 brother and 1 sister. Georg is still alive and is a priest. His sister Maria died in 1991
His sister, Maria Ratzinger, never married and cared for the household of then Cardinal Ratzinger until her death in 1991.