Pope Francis has met with Archbishop Georg Gaenswein, the longtime secretary of Pope Benedict XVI.
in which he settles old scores with the reigning pontiff and reveals palace intrigue.
In the text, Gaenswein reveals previously unknown details of some of the biggest hiccups and bad blood that accrued during the last 10 years in which Benedict lived as a retired pope alongside Francis following his 2013 decision to retire, the first pope in six centuries to do so. “It seems as if Pope Francis doesn’t trust me anymore and is making you my chaperone,” Gaenswein quoted Benedict as saying.
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