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  • Cardinal Schönborn Calls Gänswein Book ‘Unseemly Indiscretion,’ Confirms Key Detail of Benedict Papacy

    01/20/2023 6:36:10 PM PST · by marshmallow · 2 replies
    Catholic News Agency ^ | 1/18/23 | AC Wimmer
    CNA Newsroom, Jan 18, 2023 / 08:00 am Austrian Cardinal Christoph Schönborn on Wednesday confirmed he was the person who encouraged Joseph Ratzinger to accept the conclave’s decision — if elected — to become the successor to Pope John Paul II as supreme pontiff of the Catholic Church. Benedict’s longtime secretary, Archbishop Georg Gänswein, revealed Schönborn’s identity in his book titled “Nothing but the Truth” (“Nient’altro che la verita”), which was published in Italy last week. CNA Deutsch, CNA’s German-language news partner, reported that Schönborn on Jan. 18 confirmed Gänswein’s assertion that Schönborn had written Cardinal Ratzinger “a little letter...