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Archbishop Georg Gänswein in Rome in February 2022. / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.Denver Newsroom, Feb 14, 2022 / 05:45 am (CNA).As Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI's personal secretary, Archbishop Georg Gänswein has become an increasingly well-known presence in the Catholic world in recent years, especially since Benedict's resignation in 2013.The 65-year-old German not only speaks on Benedict's behalf frequently, but has also staunchly defended the pope emeritus from criticism on numerous occasions, as he did most recently in an exclusive interview with EWTN detailing Benedict's response to a German law...

Archbishop Georg Gänswein, personal secretary of Pope emeritus Benedict XVI. / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.Vatican City, Feb 14, 2022 / 05:40 am (CNA).Archbishop Georg Gänswein has shared the inside story of how Pope emeritus Benedict XVI responded to a report criticizing his handling of four abuse cases when he led Germany's Archdiocese of Munich and Freising.In an exclusive interview with EWTN's Vatican Bureau Chief Andreas Thonhauser, Benedict XVI's personal secretary defended the retired pope's actions, described his pioneering work in combating clerical abuse despite resistance at the Vatican, ...

Pope Francis during his general audience in the Paul VI Hall on Jan. 26, 2022. | Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.By Courtney Mares[Vatican City, Jan 26, 2022 / 04:28 am (CNA)] - At the beginning of the Catholic Church’s day of prayer for peace in Ukraine, Pope Francis made an earnest appeal to those in power: “Please, no more war.”“I invite you to pray for peace in Ukraine and to do so

The dome of St. Peter's Basilica. / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.Vatican City, Jan 26, 2022 / 08:15 am (CNA).An official at the Vatican's Dicastery for Communication responded on Wednesday to a report on the handling of abuse cases in the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising that faulted Pope emeritus Benedict XVI.In an editorial published by Vatican News on Jan. 26, Andrea Tornielli, the dicastery's editorial director, wrote: "The words that were used during the press conference to present the report on abuse in the Archdiocese of Munich, as well as the 72 pages of the document dedicated to the bri...

Cardinal Oswald Gracias, Archbishop of Bombay and President of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India. / Daniel Ibáñez/CNAMumbai, India, Jan 24, 2022 / 08:35 am (CNA).A Catholic group has urged India's bishops to highlight recent attacks on the country's Christians. In a letter dated Jan. 10, members of the Forum for Justice and Peace claimed that the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India (CBCI) had responded to rising anti-Christian violence with "complete silence.""During the two days Dec. 24-25, the media reported seven well-planned attacks on Christian institutions ac...