Benedict XVI’s Former Secretary Hopes the Pope’s Beatification Process Will Open Soon

Benedict XVI’s former secretary hopes the pope’s beatification process will open soon

Archbishop Georg Gänswein, former secretary of Pope Benedict XVI, said he hopes the beatification process will begin soon for the German pontiff, who died on Dec. 31, 2022. “Personally, I have great hopes that this process will be opened,” the archbishop and current apostolic nuncio to Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia said in an interview with […] The post Benedict XVI’s former secretary hopes the pope’s beatification process will open soon appear…

Benedict XVI’s secretary hopes pope’s beatification process will open soon

Archbishop Georg Gänswein, former secretary of Pope Benedict XVI. / Credit: Alan Holdren/EWTN News ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 8, 2025 / 16:28 pm (CNA). Archbishop Georg Gänswein, former secretary of Pope Benedict XVI, said he hopes the beatification process will begin soon for the German pontiff, who died on Dec. 31, 2022.“Personally, I have great hopes that this process will be opened,” the archbishop and current apostolic nuncio to Lithuania, Latvi…