Francis Personally Agreed on Publishing Benedict’s abuse text
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Gänswein explained that Benedict wrote the text at the end of February and sent it via Cardinal Pietro Parolin to Francis asking for a permission to publish it. Francis "green-lighted" it.
Earlier reports had claimed that the text was blocked by the Secretary of State.
It is further surprising that Benedict has no direct access to Pope Francis.
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