Admin l Tuesday, March 07, 2023
MUNICH – Georg Gänswein, the long-time private secretary of Benedict XVI, plans on Tuesday evening in Munich to present his book on the late pope emeritus, who died on New Year’s Eve.
“Nothing but the Truth” is the translation of the German title of the work, which was published in Italian immediately after the death of the late pope, who was born Joseph Ratzinger in Bavaria. It is due to be released in German on Wednesday.
The book also deals with the relationship between Benedict and his successor Pope Francis.
The Vatican has not officially commented on the book. Observers, however, identified Francis’ reaction to the criticism in his recent statements.
“Sometimes a word is enough to hurt or kill a brother or sister,” he said at one audience. “We think of slander, of gossip, which is so common, so everyday, and which hurts and destroys so much.”
George is a cleric who made his mark by playing the Vatican political fellowship game using prominent people to gain power. Unfortunately that flame died out when Benedict stepped down form the papacy leaving George without a sail to attach himself to achieve stardom i.e. papacy. Now George for the first time in his clerical life is left without a “patroness” but has to be a “run of the mill priest”. Heavens for bit. Is George capable of being a priest who serves the people rather than himself?