This is a former secretary of the late Benedict XVI who published a book against Bergoglio. As of July 1, he must return to his home diocese.
Pope Francisco ordered that the former secretary of the deceased Benedict XVIthe German bishop Georg Gansweinwill return to his diocese of origin as of July 1, in a weighty decision against the bishop considered part of the conservative sectors of the Curia and author of a book with harsh criticism of Jorge bergoglio.
“On February 28, 2023, Monsignor Georg Ganswein He finished his term as Prefect of the Papal Household. The Holy Father ordered that Monsignor Ganswein from July 1, he will return, for the moment, to his diocese of origin,” said a statement from the Holy See on Thursday.
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Thus, after years of having been kept in the position he had reached with Benedict but without effective functions due to the distrust that those close to Francisco had in him, Ganswein he will have to return to Freiburg from next month.
Francis and Ganswein They met at the beginning of the year, days after the death of Joseph Ratzinger and while the German monsignor published a harsh book against the Pope.
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Considered a historical critic of Francis, Ganswein then published the book “Nothing but the truth. My life next to Benedict XVI”, in which he recounts in an autobiographical way his years as secretary of the emeritus pontiff who died on December 31, to the 95 years.
In the book, Ganswein launched harsh criticism of the Pope, revealing that he felt “humiliated” when Francis decided to remove him from his duties as prefect of the Papal Household, although without firing him.
Later, Francis received Ganswein on March 4 and May 19, in audiences in which work had begun on the decision released today by the Vatican.http://cablera.ambito.com.ar/cablera/telam /SIN_20230615_0719_14.txt
Source: Ambito
