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Related: About this forumNo respite for pope as more documents leaked
Source: Reuters
No respite for pope as more documents leaked
By Philip Pullella
MILAN | Sun Jun 3, 2012 9:11am EDT
(Reuters) - Pope Benedict got no rest on Sunday from a leaks scandal when an Italian newspaper published documents showing that his butler was not the only person in possession of confidential correspondence indicating a Vatican in disarray.
Benedict, 85, ended a weekend trip to Italy's industrial and financial capital Milan with a closing mass for an international gathering in which he praised traditional Catholic family values and re-stated his opposition to gay marriage.
But in its Sunday edition, the Rome newspaper La Repubblica published documents it said it had received anonymously after the arrest of the pope's butler on May 23.
A note received by the newspaper said there were "hundreds more" documents and that the butler, Paolo Gabriele, was just a scapegoat.
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By Philip Pullella
MILAN | Sun Jun 3, 2012 9:11am EDT
(Reuters) - Pope Benedict got no rest on Sunday from a leaks scandal when an Italian newspaper published documents showing that his butler was not the only person in possession of confidential correspondence indicating a Vatican in disarray.
Benedict, 85, ended a weekend trip to Italy's industrial and financial capital Milan with a closing mass for an international gathering in which he praised traditional Catholic family values and re-stated his opposition to gay marriage.
But in its Sunday edition, the Rome newspaper La Repubblica published documents it said it had received anonymously after the arrest of the pope's butler on May 23.
A note received by the newspaper said there were "hundreds more" documents and that the butler, Paolo Gabriele, was just a scapegoat.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/03/us-vatican-butler-idUSBRE85206N20120603
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No respite for pope as more documents leaked (Original Post)
Eugene
Jun 2012
OP
Pope Benedict I% needs to abdicate so that a decent, intelligent compassionate human being
Zorra
Jun 2012
#1
And you think that a human like that can be found in the hierarchy of the RCC?
cleanhippie
Jun 2012
#3
Good old Ratsy, when caught in scandal, shout 'hate the gays' and get off the stage as fast as
Bluenorthwest
Jun 2012
#5
Sending a whiteouted document and threatening to reveal the original is blackmail.
dimbear
Jun 2012
#10
Zorra
(27,670 posts)1. Pope Benedict I% needs to abdicate so that a decent, intelligent compassionate human being
can take over the Papacy.
Wealthy RW businessmen almost universally make the very worst leaders.
cleanhippie
(19,705 posts)3. And you think that a human like that can be found in the hierarchy of the RCC?
Zorra
(27,670 posts)4. Maybe not, within the confines of the reality of the Papal election process.
But I've known some really good folks who were Catholics who have way more integrity than Benedict I%, and they would make better leaders than him.
dimbear
(6,271 posts)7. You have put your finger on the reason Papal election rules were changed.
Originally any Catholic could theoretically be elected Pope. Now you must hold holy orders.
Gore1FL
(21,151 posts)6. IT'd be way more awesome if they just disbanded. n/t
daaron
(763 posts)2. The U.S. should stop recognizing the Vatican as a state.
Put 'em in the same category as Palestine or Tibet.
Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)5. Good old Ratsy, when caught in scandal, shout 'hate the gays' and get off the stage as fast as
you can shake that Prada....the Catholics of the world must be so proud, so proud.....
laconicsax
(14,860 posts)8. +1
He should be in jail.
EvolveOrConvolve
(6,452 posts)9. yes!
That's a perp walk I'd like to see.
dimbear
(6,271 posts)10. Sending a whiteouted document and threatening to reveal the original is blackmail.
Don't you read detective stories, my Vatican friends? The way to beat blackmailers is to stand up and reveal the secrets, no matter how embarassing.
We're all sure they're minor.