“I want you to have more time for Benedict,” Pope Francis was said to have told him. Since then, Archbishop Gänswein formally remains prefect of the papal household, but is tasked with tending exclusively to the retired pope. Archbishop Gänswein told KNA he feels he is being punished for something that others stirred up, although Pope Francis denies any intent to punish him . After all the controversy, the pope is said to have wanted to get the German archbishop out of the firing line. “Those were difficult months,” Archbishop Gänswein acknowledged. He added that “Francis is and remains a mystery to me.”
As he turns 65, Archbishop Gänswein not dwelling on his situation – The Catholic Sun