Pope throws Gänswein out of Rome without office

Pope Francis instructed the 66-year-old to leave Rome by July 1 at the latest, reported “Die Welt” on Friday. According to dpa information, talks about the change are ongoing, but these have not yet been completed.

The decision to do so was made in May at an official private audience, reports “Welt” and refers to several high-ranking church sources. The decision is said to have been preceded by “a back and forth of several weeks”. goose wine is said to have proposed various tasks. Francis, on the other hand, thought of working as a professor of theology. A spokesman for the Archdiocese of Freiburg said on request that the diocese leadership could not comment on the report. Only had in mid-May goose wine led a service in the Freiburg Minster.

The Argentine newspaper “La Nación” had already reported in April that Francis should goose wine recalled that it is common for popes’ private secretaries to return to their dioceses – such as Stanislaw Dziwisz, who returned to Kraków after the death of John Paul II.

Didn’t get a new job

Since the death of Benedict XVI. had on New Year’s Eve 2022 goose wine waiting for Pope Francis to assign him a new task. He received him three times for an official private audience. There has been speculation about a possible transfer to Costa Rica as Vatican ambassador or that goose wine could become Archbishop of Bamberg. The bishopric there is vacant after the resignation of Ludwig Schick.

last was goose wine moved out of the monastery “Mater ecclesiae” where he had previously lived with the Pope Emeritus. “If I fly back to Rome tonight, I will spend the night in my new apartment for the first time,” had goose wine told the dpa in March. “In agreement with Pope Francis, I received this a few years ago, but initially nothing happened due to Corona. It was then gradually prepared. Now I can move in. There are still a few things in the monastery, I’ll get them then . But there are only a few little things left.”

Exciter: “Nothing but the truth”

With the publication of a book entitled “Nothing but the Truth” about his time with Benedict goose wine recently caused a stir at the curia. In it he reports his disappointment at having been suspended by Francis as prefect of the papal house in 2020. He also published the content of some of the Pope’s private letters.

Only had in mid-May goose wine led a service in the Freiburg Minster. He is an honorary canon there. He also studied theology in Freiburg and was ordained a priest in May 1984.