Gänswein says he prays to Benedict XVI, confirms hope for beatification cause — By: Catholic News Agency

Archbishop Georg Gänswein speaks at an event hosted by the Catholic magazine Kelionė at the Lithuanian National Library in Vilnius, Lithuania, on Jan. 7, 2026. | Credit: L. Macevicienes/Zurnalaskelione.lt Jan 11, 2026 / 10:32 am (CNA). Archbishop Georg Gänswein, the apostolic nuncio to the Baltic states and longtime personal secretary to Pope Benedict XVI, said…

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At consistory, Cardinal Zen slams synodality as ‘ironclad manipulation’ and ‘insult’ to bishops — By: Catholic News Agency

Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun speaks at the Asianews Conference at the Pontifical Urbaniana University in Rome, Nov. 18, 2014. – Bohumil Petrik/CNA. Jan 10, 2026 / 11:30 am (CNA). Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun delivered a forceful critique of synodality at the extraordinary consistory of cardinals this week, decrying the process as an “ironclad manipulation” that…

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