Pope Francis has accused the German prelate Georg Gänswein, the long-time confidant of the late pope Benedict XVI, of a "lack of humanity" and having "used" the former pontiff. Pope Francis, 87, has levelled the accusations in a new book of interviews which will be published in Spanish on Wednesday. In the interviews, Pope Francis takes issue with Gänswein's decision to publish a book immediately after Benedict's death on New Year's Eve 2022. In the interview book "El Sucesor" ("The Successor")
Pope Francis voted for Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, the future Pope Benedict XVI, in the 2005 conclave that followed the death of St. John Paul II. ".