Archbishop Gänswein supports Beatification of Pope Benedict and scrapping of Traditionis Custodes

"I personally very much hope that such a process will be opened": Archbishop Georg Gänswein desires a beatification process for Benedict XVI. In an interview, he also commented on the pope's theology and the Traditional Latin Mass.

Archbishop Georg Gänswein hopes that a beatification process will be opened for the late Pope Benedict XVI (2005–2013). "I personally very much hope that such a process will be opened," said the former private secretary of Benedict and current Apostolic Nuncio to the Baltic States in an interview with the television station K-TV.

According to the station, Gänswein also emphasized the central element of Benedict's understanding of faith in the interview. A key word in this regard is "joy." For the German pope, faith was both the source and the measure of joy. If faith doesn't lead to joy, "something is still not quite right with the life of faith. Ratzinger, Benedict XVI, is a theologian of joy," said Gänswein, who also reaffirmed the importance of continuity in faith: "We mustn't cut into the substance; rather, we must allow ourselves to be shaped by the Lord, by the faith of the Church."

Extraordinary Rite: Back to Benedict's "wise arrangement"

Looking at the future of the so-called Extraordinary Rite ("Old Mass"), Gänswein, according to the broadcaster, advocated overcoming the tensions and discord that arose within the Church after Pope Francis's Apostolic Exhortation "Traditionis Custodes" by returning to the line of Benedict XVI: "I consider Pope Benedict's wise arrangement to be the right way—and this path should be continued without difficulty, without restrictions." He could only hope that Pope Leo XIV would continue to resolve this thorny issue in this way.

According to K-TV, the program "Archbishop Gänswein Exclusive – Between Benedict and the Baltic States (2)" will be broadcast this Sunday at 8:15 p.m. It will also be available on YouTube.

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