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‘Three popes’: Where is Archbishop Gänswein?
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Length:
23 minutes
Released:
Feb 12, 2020
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Podcast episode
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This week on “Inside the Vatican,” Vatican correspondent Gerard O’Connell and producer Colleen Dulle explain why Archbishop Georg Gänswein, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s personal secretary and prefect of Pope Francis’ household, has been missing from public events in recent weeks. The Vatican said it was due to an “ordinary redistribution of his responsibilities,” but the timing seems to suggest it has to do with Archbishop Gänswein facilitating Benedict’s involvement in a recent controversial book on priestly celibacy. The hosts explain what’s known and unknown about Archbishop Gänswein’s situation.
The hosts also take a look at the Legionaries of Christ, who elected a new superior general last week. The new leader, the Rev. John Connor, will be tasked with the continuing reform of the order amid new allegations of past sexual abuse by Legionary priests, as well as the lingering financial questions about the order’s offshore holdings. On the show, the hosts explain the basics of the Legionaries’ abuse and financial scandals and the challenges Father Connor will face.
Finally, we give brief updates on Pope Francis’ forthcoming document “Querida Amazonia” as well as the Vatican’s report on former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick and the pope’s upcoming trip to Malta.
Links from the show:
Inside the Vatican: America’s Vatican correspondent explains Benedict’s book controversy
Vatican seeks to explain absence of Archbishop Georg Gänswein after book scandal
Graduate of Loyola University Chicago elected as Superior-General of the Legionaries of Christ
10 years after Vatican reform, Legionaries of Christ in new abuse crisis
Legionaries of Christ report ‘chain of abuse’ as victims went on to abuse others
Who knew what about former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick?
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The hosts also take a look at the Legionaries of Christ, who elected a new superior general last week. The new leader, the Rev. John Connor, will be tasked with the continuing reform of the order amid new allegations of past sexual abuse by Legionary priests, as well as the lingering financial questions about the order’s offshore holdings. On the show, the hosts explain the basics of the Legionaries’ abuse and financial scandals and the challenges Father Connor will face.
Finally, we give brief updates on Pope Francis’ forthcoming document “Querida Amazonia” as well as the Vatican’s report on former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick and the pope’s upcoming trip to Malta.
Links from the show:
Inside the Vatican: America’s Vatican correspondent explains Benedict’s book controversy
Vatican seeks to explain absence of Archbishop Georg Gänswein after book scandal
Graduate of Loyola University Chicago elected as Superior-General of the Legionaries of Christ
10 years after Vatican reform, Legionaries of Christ in new abuse crisis
Legionaries of Christ report ‘chain of abuse’ as victims went on to abuse others
Who knew what about former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick?
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Released:
Feb 12, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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