Former secretary to Benedict XVI urges Pope Leo XIV to revisit ‘Traditionis Custodes,’ citing pastoral need, Benedict’s vision, and ‘Summorum Pontificum.’
Monsignor Georg Gänswein, Benedict XVI's personal secretary for nearly two decades and current apostolic nuncio to the Baltic States, has revealed one of the most intimate episodes of the Pope Emeritus's final years: his reaction to Traditionis Custodes, the motu proprio promulgated by Pope Francis in 2021 that restricted the celebration of the traditional liturgy. In an interview with the Italian newspaper Il Giornale on the occasion of the nin…