According to NCR columnist, John Allen, if there was doubt that Bertone was not the target of Vatileaks, journalist Gianluigi Nuzzi puts this idea to rest in the “sensational new book,” His Holiness: The Secret Papers of Benedict XVI.” Allen says Nuzzi’s book leaves little doubt about the resistance around Bertone and the Vatileaks thriller cites the Read more
The Vatican has denied media reports claiming that cardinals tasked with deciding the fate of its bank’s president were struggling to come to an agreement as an internal rift widens. The commission of cardinals must decide whether or not to uphold the bank board’s decision to oust Ettore Gotti Tedeschi, who was fired for allegedly Read more
Cardinals tasked with deciding the fate of the president of the Vatican Bank – amid financial scandals and a struggle for power in the Holy See – are struggling to come to an agreement, media reports said today. The commission of cardinals must decide whether or not to uphold the board’s decision to oust Ettore Read more
Pope Benedict has established a commission of Cardinals, chaired by an Opus Dei troubleshooer, to investigate the leaks of sensitive documents to the media that allege corruption and mismanagement in the Vatican. The statement, released yesterday by the Secretariat of State, says the purpose of the commission is “to undertake an authoritative investigation and throw Read more
The Vatican leaks scandal rolls on according to John Allen in the NCR, with an Italian newspaper publishing two confidential letters concerning the unpopular and powerful Secretary of State, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone. The leaked letters expose a failed effort by Bertone to take control of an important Catholic university and hospital system. The aftermath, also Read more
With voice distorted and face hidden, one of the Vatican whistle-blowers appeared on Italian Television saying the recent Vatican leaks are not about a power struggle but a code of silence perhaps surrounded by fear. The Vatican mole claimed on private Italian Television channel La7 to be one of more than 20 people in the Read more
An anonymous letter has been sent to the Vatican secretary of state, Tarcisio Bertone. It accused him of appointing to the Curia’s top posts only people loyal to him. And it contained the dreadful prediction of a “great funeral” for the “prime minister” of the Holy See, echoing the prophecy of Don Bosco, founder of the Salesian order, Bertone’s one, against Italian monarchs in the 19th century. The episode was quickly dismissed by his inner circle as trivial, saying it is not at all unusual.
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