Bryan Lawrence Gonsalves, Catholic News Agency
Tuesday, January 13, 2026
Archbishop Georg Gänswein, the apostolic nuncio to the Baltic states and longtime personal secretary to Pope Benedict XVI, said he now prays not just for but to the late pontiff, asking for his intercession, and expressed hope the beatification cause will open soon. Still, he stressed the Church’s caution regarding sainthood causes. “The Church is a very wise and very prudent mother,” he said, noting that in beatification causes she is “twice wise and twice prudent,” and that time must pass to discern whether public esteem reflects genuine holiness rather than passing fame.
