Gänswein Cries in Front of The Camera (Video)

Archbishop Georg Gänswein gave an address at a matinée of the Joseph Ratzinger/Pope Benedict XVI Foundation at Nymphenburg Palace in Munich on 18 June to mark Benedict's 95th birthday.

He was preceded by an address by the Apostolic Nuncio in Germany Nikola Eterovic. Significantly, Munich's Cardinal Marx was absent.

Gänswein's talk went according to plan until he turned to Benedict's resignation and the aftermath, saying the following:

"I would never have believed that the last stretch of road from the Monastero Mater Ecclesiae to the door of heaven of St. Peter..." He could not finish the sentence because he suddenly broke into sobs and had to interrupt his talk for 22 seconds.

Then he restarted: "until the heavenly door of St. Peter is so long" and sobbed again for 20 seconds. "This is what Benedict XVI entrusted to me in his fine humor," he added, only to have to pause again for 22 seconds.

This was shortly followed by another 15-second interruption until Gänswein could finish his talk.

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