The German Archbishop Georg Gänswein spoke on the management of Pope Francis. He spoke of Leo XIV and said it is time to “rely on existing structures.”
The former private secretary of Benedict XVIthe German archbishop Georg Gänsweinhe spoke about how his relationship with him was Pope Francis I and the Assumption of Leo XIV. At this point, he said that he perceives “a certain diffuse relief” and “that now opens a new phase” since he ended “the era of arbitrariness.”
The former private secretary of Benedict XVI and his relationship with Pope Francis
Gänswein confessed his opinion after Robert Prevost’s assumption as Pope, with messages between the lines to Francisco’s management. Thus, he said: “Now a new stage opens. I feel a certain generalized relief. The time of arbitrariness is over. We can start having a papacy capable of guaranteeing stability and supporting In existing structures, without knocking them down or disrupting them“
The former Pontifical Secretary said that the election of Leo XIV seemed “a great and good surprise”: “When I saw him go out to the balcony of the Basilica of San Pedro I told me ‘This Pope inspires hope’ (…) Leo XIV will tend bridges as his predecessor. But in a context and style different from Francisco’s,” according to the Italian medium, he ran.
On the present of the Church, he believes that “doctrinal clarity is now needed. It is necessary to overcome the confusion of these years. And one of the tools to be used are existing structures. Church institutions are not a leprosy or a threat to the Pope. They are there to help the pontiffs, who should seek help. You can’t govern alone, distrustful of the institutions themselves “
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His relationship with Jorge Bergoglio was tense: in 2020 he was run from the Pontifical House, after the position inherited during the management of Benedict. According to Vatican testimonies, months later, they commented that the decision was due to “an ordinary redistribution of functions.” On that outburst, Gänswein was sincere: “In those years I suffered, but I clarified things with Francisco even before my appointment as Nuncio”
Pope Leo XIV gave a strong message for peace and made his first Regina Coeli: “Never again war!”
Leo XIV asked this Sunday, May 11 by The end of the war in Ukraine and in Gazaand remembered Francisco in his second public appearance as Pope. Before sending that message to the main world leaders, the high pontiff carried out the prayer of Regina Coeli. “I repeat Francisco’s call to the great leaders: never again to war,” he said from the balcony of the San Pedro Basilica before thousands of faithful.
The brand new Pontiff referred to the invasion of Russia to Ukraine and asked that “the possible to achieve as soon as possible a fair, authentic and lasting” peace in Ukrainian territory. Robert Prevost also asked “to release all prisoners” and that “children can return with their families.” “I carry in my heart the suffering of the beloved Ukrainian people,” he added.
Source: Ambito
