Matteo Bruni Confirms to ZENIT English
By Deborah Castellano Lubov, Zenit, June 18, 2020
Deborah Castellano Lubov is Senior Vatican & Rome Correspondent for ZENIT; author of ‘The Other Francis’ (‘L’Altro Francesco’) featuring interviews with those closest to the Pope and preface by Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Parolin (currently published in 5 languages); Deborah is also NBC & MSNBC Vatican Analyst. …
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has left the Vatican to visit his sick brother, Monsignor Georg Ratzinger in Bavaria.
The Director of the Holy See Press Office, Matteo Bruni, confirmed this to ZENIT English, this afternoon.
“I can confirm that this morning the Pope Emeritus went to Germany to visit his sick brother. The Pope Emeritus is now in the city of Regensburg, where he will spend the necessary time.
“Together with him,” it continued, “are his secretary, Archbishop Georg Gaenswein, a doctor, a nurse, one of the memores domini and the Deputy Commander of the Gendarmerie Corps of the Vatican City State.” …