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Archbishop Gänswein: Movement Wants to Destroy Benedict XVI’s Life and Work

Franco OrigliaPope Emeritus Benedict XVI, flanked by personal secretary Archbishop Georg Ganswein (r) arrives at the holy Mass for the closing of the Extraordinary Synod held by Pope Francis at St. Peter’s Square on Oct. 19, 2014, in Vatican City.

Speaking to an Italian newspaper, the pope emeritus’ personal secretary noted that such people ‘never loved him as an individual, his theology, his pontificate.’