Archbishop Georg Gänswein, who accompanied Benedict XVI throughout his pontificate, and also after his resignation, he stated that the motu proprio “Traditionis custodes” (“Guardians of Tradition”), published in 2021, was a “turning point” with his successor, Francisco.
“I think Pope Benedict read this motu proprio with pain in his heart“, said the private secretary of the emeritus pope in an interview with the German Catholic weekly Die Tagespost, which was published after the death of Joseph Ratzinger, which occurred on Saturday.
Gänswein fue faithful secretary of the pope emeritus since 2003, his adviser and “almost like a son”. He abandoned all his activities as prefect of the Papal Household, where he was in charge of protocol, a position to which he was appointed in 2012, to take full care of Benedict XVI.
The document to which he alluded in that note is the one that revoked an authorization given by Benedict XVI in 2007 for priests to celebrate masses in the manner prior to the Second Vatican Council, that is, in Latin and with their backs to the faithful.
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