Distressed by disloyalty, Pope Benedict has set up a special commission to investigate what has been popularly dubbed “Vati-leaks”. The establishment of the commission coincides with the Vatican’s launch of an internal criminal investigation into leaked personal confidential and financial documents which have exposed power stuggles inside the organisation. Monsignor Angelo Becciu, undersecretary in the Read more
In an interview with the new Vatican news blog, Stanze Vaticane, published on the website of Italian news channel Tgcom24, the cardinal and former president of the Governorate, Giovanni Lajolo, defends the Vatican against Vati-leaks charges.
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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