Pope Francis meets Benedict's top aide as memoir rattles Vatican


FILE PHOTO: Pope Francis leads the Angelus prayer from his window at the Vatican, January 6, 2023. Vatican Media/Handout via REUTERS

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Monday privately met Archbishop Georg Ganswein, former Pope Benedict's closest aide, who has rattled the Vatican with a book describing what he says were the strains while two men wearing white lived within its ancient walls.

The Vatican's daily bulletin listed Ganswein in the pope's schedule of audiences but as is customary gave no details.

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