Who Believes Is Not Alone. My Life beside Benedict XVI

These were grace-filled moments that allowed me to get to know the true face of a man who has revealed himself to be one of the most important historical figures of the twentieth century, a figure often belittled in the popular media and by detractors who have labelled him Panzerkardinal, or “God’s Rottweiler,” a title that was meant to criticize convictions that were in fact nothing more than signs of his profound fidelity to the Church’s Tradition and Magisterium, and his commitment to defend the Catholic faith. The weighty responsibility of serving as his personal secretary, together with my role as Prefect of the Pontifical Household during the papacy of Pope Francis, gave me the opportunity to take part in every important ecclesial event over the last two decades.