The pope’s butler, Paolo Gabriele has implicated two cardinals in the “Vatileaks” scandal, reports London’s Daily Telegraph. The cardinals have not been named and the Daily Telegraph has not cited any evidence to substantiate the report. Gabriele, who was arrested two weeks ago and charged with “aggravated theft” is in custody in the Vatican police station. A Read more
Speaking for the first time on the topic of Vatileaks, the Vatican’s Secretary of State (Prime Minister), Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, told an Italian television interviewer that Pope Benedict is not overly worried by the scandal. “He doesn’t allow himself to be frightened by attacks, of any sort, nor by the hard accumulation of prejudices,” Bertone Read more
A Vatican judge began formally questioning the pope’s former butler, Paolo Gabriele, Tuesday, said Paolo Papanti-Pelletier, (pictured) a judge on the Vatican tribunal. Papanti-Pelletier, not involved in the case said Gabriele’s said questioning took place in the presence of his two lawyers and it is the first formal interrogation of the only person yet to be arrested Read more
(Reuters) – Just after dawn on Wednesday, May 23, Paolo Gabriele said goodbye to his wife, passed by the bedrooms of his three children and left to start another day in the service of the man Roman Catholics believe is the vicar of Christ on Earth. By the end of the day, Pope Benedict’s butler Read more
Questions are beginning to emerge whether Paolo Gabriele, the 46 year old Papal butler, husband and father of three, who with his family lives in apartment inside the walls of Vatican, is responsible for the Vatileaks. Gabriele is one of a limited number of people who have access to the Pope’s private quarters. However his arrest was Read more
The Vatican butler accused of leaking documents is Paolo Gabriele. He is a 46-year-old Italian layman who has worked in the Vatican since 1998. He is married and has three children. Writing in National Catholic Reporter, John L Allen Jr outlines the evidence against him. He then suggests motives behind the leaking of confidential information to Read more