Apostate Liturgy of a False Shepherd: Gänswein’s Heretical Veneration of Benedict XVI
The EWTN News portal (January 11, 2026) reports that “Archbishop” Georg Gänswein, former secretary to Joseph Ratzinger (“Benedict XVI”), publicly declared praying to the deceased antipope while expressing hopes for his beatification. Speaking in Vilnius, Lithuania, Gänswein nostalgically recalled collaborating with Ratzinger, framing their relationship as divinely ordained formation. The article further details a gathering featuring secular speakers discussing addiction recovery, moral education, and clown therapy in hospitals—presented as complementary to Catholic discourse.