Picture: AmP Banner Cardinal with Ratzinger

One of the most common questions I get asked is: "Who's that cardinal on the AmP banner?"

The answer, as I say on the sidebar, is Franciszek Cardinal Macharski, Archbishop Emeritus of Krakow, on the day of Pope Benedict's election. A loyal AmP reader discovered a photo of Cardinal Macharski concelebrating Mass with Cardinal Ratzinger several years back:

Photo caption: "Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI since 2005) on May 10, 2003, during the celebration of the 750th anniversary of the canonization of Saint Stanislaus in Szczepanów, Poland. Picture taken by Marian Lambert and released under CC-BY license by Szamil (www.szczepanow.pl) - Wikipedia

Ph/t: AmP Reader Erik.