Vatican Leaks - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Sun, 20 May 2012 23:40:05 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Vatican Leaks - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Pope Benedict's private correspondence leaked https://cathnews.co.nz/2012/05/22/pope-benedicts-private-correspondence-leaked/ Mon, 21 May 2012 19:35:34 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=25757

Confidential letters and memos to and from Pope Benedict and his personal secretary have just been published in a book by Italian journalist Gianluigi Nuzzi entitled "His Holinesss". The book refers to power struggles and corruption inside the Holy See and the approach of its top banker who has been under scrutiny. Vatican spokesman Rev. Read more

Pope Benedict's private correspondence leaked... Read more]]> Confidential letters and memos to and from Pope Benedict and his personal secretary have just been published in a book by Italian journalist Gianluigi Nuzzi entitled "His Holinesss". The book refers to power struggles and corruption inside the Holy See and the approach of its top banker who has been under scrutiny.

Vatican spokesman Rev. Federico Lombardi warned the Holy See would get to the bottom of who "stole" the documents. He warned the Holy See would seek international cooperation in its quest for justice.

The Vatican had already warned of legal action against Nuzzi after he published letters in January from the former second-highest Vatican administrator to the pope, Monsignor Carlo Maria. In those letters he asked not to be transferred for having exposed alleged corruption that cost the Holy See millions of euros in higher contract prices. He is now the Vatican's US ambassador.

Nuzzi, said he was approached by sources inside the Vatican with the trove of new documents. Most of them are fairly recent and many of them depict the Secretary of State, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, in a negative light.

The documents include information about a 2009 scandal over the ex-editor of the newspaper of the Italian bishops' conference, a previously-unknown dinner between Benedict and Italy's president, and even a 2011 letter from Italy's pre-eminent talk show host Bruno Vespa to the pope enclosing a cheque for €10,000 for his charity work and asking for a private audience in exchange.

International leaks include diplomatic cables from Vatican embassies from Jerusalem to Cameroon. Some are from the pope's delegate to the disgraced Legion of Christ religious order. In one memo he warns that the financial situation of the order, "while not grave, is serious and pressing."

A number of documents relate to Ettore Gotti Tedeschi, the head of the Institute for Religious Works, (the Vatican Bank). His private memos to the pope concern the Vatican's response to the global financial crisis and how to handle the church's tax exempt status amid Italian government efforts to crack down on tax evasion.

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Pope Benedict's private correspondence leaked]]> 25757 Five questions about the Vatican leaks scandal https://cathnews.co.nz/2012/02/21/five-questions-about-the-vatican-leaks-scandal/ Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:31:14 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=19481

In the run-up to a consistory, Rome takes on the atmosphere of a college reunion. Church people from all over turn up, making it hard to walk down the street without bumping into someone you know. That's been the case this week, ahead of Saturday's consistory in which Pope Benedict XVI will create 22 new Read more

Five questions about the Vatican leaks scandal... Read more]]> In the run-up to a consistory, Rome takes on the atmosphere of a college reunion. Church people from all over turn up, making it hard to walk down the street without bumping into someone you know. That's been the case this week, ahead of Saturday's consistory in which Pope Benedict XVI will create 22 new cardinals, including Americans Timothy Dolan and Edwin O'Brien.

This week, whenever such a chance encounter has occurred, conversation fairly quickly has turned to one question above all: What the hell is going on around here?

The basis for the question, of course, is the mushrooming Vatican leaks scandal, in which confidential documents are appearing in the papers almost on a daily basis, putting the Vatican in a highly unfavorable light. By now, there are almost too many to keep track, but big-ticket items have included:

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In his speech to newly created cardinals, Pope Benedict has indirectly denied recent speculation that he may resign, reports Vatican Insider. A number of people have been hinting at his resignation; however the soon-to-be 85 year old Pontiff concluded his speech with an indirect denial of his pending resignation. "Pray also for me, that I Read more

Pope scuttles resignation rumours... Read more]]> In his speech to newly created cardinals, Pope Benedict has indirectly denied recent speculation that he may resign, reports Vatican Insider.

A number of people have been hinting at his resignation; however the soon-to-be 85 year old Pontiff concluded his speech with an indirect denial of his pending resignation.

"Pray also for me, that I may continually offer to the People of God the witness of sound doctrine and guide the holy Church with a firm and humble hand," he told the cardinals.

Leaks and poisonous comments from within the Vatican mean tensions are high at the moment. The place is rife with scheming.

"It is not easy to enter into the logic of the Gospel and to let go of power and glory," Benedict XVI repeated to the College of Cardinals.

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