Much has been said about the difficult relationship between Pope Benedict XVI\u2019s former secretary, Georg G\u00e4nswein, and Pope Francis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And now we have learned that, although their relationship went through ups and downs, it ultimately ended in the best possible way: with reconciliation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
GEORG G\u00c4NSWEIN<\/strong> The Argentinian pontiff pointed out in his book-interview, The Successor,<\/em> that the German secretary did not make things easy for him at certain moments, and that some gestures toward him were hurtful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n JAVIER MART\u00cdNEZ-BROCAL<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Pope Francis was very hurt that just hours after the funeral of Pope Benedict XVI, a book was published containing criticisms of him and private correspondence of Pope Benedict XVI\u2014the book by his secretary, Georg G\u00e4nswein. He says it didn\u2019t affect him in the sense of conditioning him, but that he perceived it as a rather painful gesture. And I think that explains the decisions he made afterward.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Now, the man who also served as Prefect of the Papal Household until 2023, Georg G\u00e4nswein, made it clear that during their last conversation at a November audience, things were resolved and he personally apologized to Pope Francis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n GEORG G\u00c4NSWEIN<\/strong> Since 2024, G\u00e4nswein has been the Apostolic Nuncio to Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania\u2014a role he carries out with joy and enthusiasm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n GEORG G\u00c4NSWEIN<\/strong> So, G\u00e4nswein made it very clear that despite everything, he and Pope Francis resolved their differences once and for all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Much has been said about the difficult relationship between Pope Benedict XVI\u2019s former secretary, Georg G\u00e4nswein, and Pope Francis. And now we have learned that, although their relationship went through ups and downs, it ultimately ended in the best possible way: with reconciliation. GEORG G\u00c4NSWEINI had an audience with him in November of last year, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":758,"featured_media":84225,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/wxfKct5RK9Y","video_descarga":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bgansweinriconciliazioneeng.mp4","international_url":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bgansweinriconciliazioneint.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84229"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/758"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84229"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84229\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84247,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84229\/revisions\/84247"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
I had an audience with him in November of last year, and everything that needed to be clarified was clarified, and I also asked him for forgiveness.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
It can truly be said that it was a reconciliation. Things went well, thanks be to God, and I am very grateful to Pope Francis<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I am now in the Baltic countries, and it is a task I carry out with great enthusiasm, with all my strength, and I do it gladly.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n