Pope Francis sends Georg Gänswein, his predecessor’s confidant, back to the Archdiocese of Freiburg. But that’s not all: finding a new field of activity for the media-savvy monsignor in Freiburg is a tricky task.
“Humiliation can be good” – a sentence like a slap in the face, and typically Francis. Archbishop Georg Gänswein quotes him in his book, Gänswein had just complained about it, he felt publicly humiliated because Francis had not taken him to an important appointment. And the pontiff, who had been in office for about a year at the time and was already known for his contempt for vanity, pomp and protocol, took note of the complaint with this dry remark.