Archbishop Georg Gänswein presented his book in Kirchzarten. In a conversation with publisher Manuel Herder, he let it be known that his professional future is still uncertain.
On Thursday evening, the longtime private secretary of the former Pope Benedict XVI. his book. Until the death of the emeritus pontiff, Georg Gänswein looked after him as his closest confidant. Gänswein was born and grew up in Riedern am Wald (Waldshut district). Gänswein recorded his time in Rome in his book “Nothing but the truth”, from which he read in the historic valley bailiwick in Kirchzarten (Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district) – around 320 people came to the sold-out readings.
Gänswein’s book made headlines
The publisher Manuel Herder conducted the conversation with Archbishop Georg Gänswein on the stage. It was at times humorous about Gänswein’s time in the Vatican. Herder read or quoted from “Nothing but the Truth” in places. The book made international headlines and discussions because it details conflicts between Pope Francis and his predecessor Benedict XVI. contains. Gänswein’s book caused outrage and incomprehension in the Vatican.
The curial archbishop is looking for work in Freiburg
The two did not talk about the current situation of the returnee from Rome. Gänswein declined an interview with SWR both before and on the evening of the event. He revealed one thing anyway: “I’m here now. I’m looking for a job, so to speak.” The Archdiocese of Freiburg had already announced in July that Gänswein would hold regular services in Freiburg Cathedral.
“I’m here now. Looking for a job, so to speak.”
It still doesn’t seem clear what permanent job he could take on. The hour-long conversation between Georg Gänswein and his publisher Manuel Herder was organized by the Kirchzartener Bücherstube. All 320 seats in the inner courtyard of the Talvogtei were occupied and the event was sold out.
Critical notes on conservative goose wine
While the Archbishop of Freiburg, Stephan Burger, has so far neither supported nor opposed progress in the Synodal Path reform process, Gabi Schmidthuber believes that the power structure could now change. She is part of the Maria 2.0 initiative, a women’s movement within the Catholic Church that demands a gender-equitable church and the processing and combating of sexualised violence.
Gabi Schmidthuber is involved in the Maria 2.0 initiative in Freiburg. She is concerned about Georg Gänswein’s return to Freiburg. SWR
Gabi Schmidthuber fears that Burger could now feel pressured by Gänswein to push through the “right” doctrine from Rome more strongly. “Mr. Gänswein is a career man, a man of power. I don’t think he’s ready for retirement yet. He certainly still has plans that he wants to realize. Since I don’t agree with his basic religious views, I view this with concern and am curious to see how it develops. We will continue to live our line.”
SWR reporter Matthias Zeller about the reading and the anecdotes told there in the SWR2 Journal at noon:
Gänswein has been living in Freiburg again since the beginning of July
There has been much speculation about the archbishop’s future after Pope Francis sent him back to his home diocese from the Vatican. The 67-year-old reports that the Pope advised him to take a vacation. According to observers, the relationship between the current Pope and Georg Gänswein has been difficult for years. Since his return, Georg Gänswein has lived, as he himself confirms, in the Collegium Borromaeum seminary in Freiburg – in a 150 square meter apartment in the middle of Freiburg city centre.
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