Late Pope Benedict's top aide to be given a new job

FILE PHOTO: Pope Francis, flanked by Archbishop Georg Gaenswein, walks past Swiss Guards on is way to a private audience with Britain's Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, at the Vatican, April 4, 2017. REUTERS/ Vincenzo Pinto/Pool

ROME (Reuters) - Pope Francis will decide on a new role for German Archbishop Georg Gaenswein, a critic of the pontiff who was the long-term senior aide to his predecessor Benedict, in the coming days, Gaenswein said.

Gaenswein made the comment to Italian RAI public television in an extract from an interview to be broadcast on Thursday evening.