No respite for pope as more documents leaked

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

No respite for pope as more documents leaked

By Philip Pullella

MILAN | Sun Jun 3, 2012 9:11am EDT

(Reuters) - Pope Benedict got no rest on Sunday from a leaks scandal when an Italian newspaper published documents showing that his butler was not the only person in possession of confidential correspondence indicating a Vatican in disarray.

Benedict, 85, ended a weekend trip to Italy's industrial and financial capital Milan with a closing mass for an international gathering in which he praised traditional Catholic family values and re-stated his opposition to gay marriage.

But in its Sunday edition, the Rome newspaper La Repubblica published documents it said it had received anonymously after the arrest of the pope's butler on May 23.

A note received by the newspaper said there were "hundreds more" documents and that the butler, Paolo Gabriele, was just a scapegoat.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/03/us-vatican-butler-idUSBRE85206N20120603

[Zorra]

1. Pope Benedict I% needs to abdicate so that a decent, intelligent compassionate human being

can take over the Papacy.

Wealthy RW businessmen almost universally make the very worst leaders.

[cleanhippie]

3. And you think that a human like that can be found in the hierarchy of the RCC?

[Zorra]

4. Maybe not, within the confines of the reality of the Papal election process.

But I've known some really good folks who were Catholics who have way more integrity than Benedict I%, and they would make better leaders than him.

[dimbear]

7. You have put your finger on the reason Papal election rules were changed.

Originally any Catholic could theoretically be elected Pope. Now you must hold holy orders.

[Gore1FL]

6. IT'd be way more awesome if they just disbanded. n/t

[daaron]

2. The U.S. should stop recognizing the Vatican as a state.

Put 'em in the same category as Palestine or Tibet.

[Bluenorthwest]

5. Good old Ratsy, when caught in scandal, shout 'hate the gays' and get off the stage as fast as

you can shake that Prada....the Catholics of the world must be so proud, so proud.....

[laconicsax]

8. +1

He should be in jail.

[EvolveOrConvolve]

9. yes!

That's a perp walk I'd like to see.

[dimbear]

10. Sending a whiteouted document and threatening to reveal the original is blackmail.

Don't you read detective stories, my Vatican friends? The way to beat blackmailers is to stand up and reveal the secrets, no matter how embarassing.


We're all sure they're minor.