VATICAN CITY (AP) -- The Vatican on Tuesday sought to put the
widening scandal over leaked documents into a very different light,
saying the stolen papers didn't just concern matters of internal church
governance but represented the thoughts of people who in writing to the
pope believed they were essentially speaking before God.
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Drip, Drip, Drip
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The Vatileaks scandal
broke in January when Italian journalist Gianluigi Nuzzi broadcast
letters from a former top Vatican administrator who begged the pope not
to transfer him for having exposed alleged corruption that cost the Holy
See millions of euros (dollars) in higher contract prices. The prelate,
Monsignor Carlo Maria Vigano, is now the Vatican's U.S. ambassador.
The
scandal widened over the following months with documents leaked to
Italian journalists that laid bare power struggles inside the Vatican
over its efforts to show greater financial transparency and comply with
international norms to fight money laundering. There was even a leak of a
memo claiming that Benedict would die this year.
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Meh, still not up to the "standards" of the "Rule of Harlots" Let's hear it for the early 10th Century and the Pornocracy!
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