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freshwest

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4. The article I saw that's been scrubbed indicated they had ties with all the financial meltdowns.

Reply to stubtoe (Reply #3)

Sat May 26, 2012, 09:39 AM

May 2012

If appeared to be an official page, with the coats of arms of the Vatican and many details. It was not inflammatory, it was quite open about the connections and now it's gone. Or the search results have changed. I agree, there is a lot of corruption in the scrubbing and now in the search results I find a lot of pages have been edited to paint historical figures as supporting the GOP talking points. Really egregrious changes, just wiping out that there were ever any progressive or liberal writings by the Founders, politicians, etc. I know because I was taught the other ones in school and then referred to them online. Now they are gone and rather sloppy replacements have been made. How 1984 of them...

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Vatican confirms pope's butler arrested in scandal [View all] dipsydoodle May 2012 OP

Paolo Gabriele charged with illegal possession of documents after whistleblowing book alleges corrup maddezmom May 2012 #1

I"ve read some really strange things over the years about the Vatican and money. Here's a wiki piece freshwest May 2012 #2

Scrubbing Wiki further implies corruption, imo. stubtoe May 2012 #3

The article I saw that's been scrubbed indicated they had ties with all the financial meltdowns. freshwest May 2012 #4

They need to come clean. If people would stop sending money in the collection box that would southernyankeebelle May 2012 #8

I'm not sure if the money in the collection plate is a factor. Over the centuries the Vatican has freshwest May 2012 #13

Well they usually have a yearly contribution for the pope travels. We all can stop that by not southernyankeebelle May 2012 #16

stubtoe Diclotican May 2012 #12

Huh, so the butler did do it. Javaman May 2012 #5

you beat by 1 minute! n/t Gore1FL May 2012 #6

Hmm what was on the list? Joe Bacon May 2012 #11

Does the pope's butler take a leak in the Vatican? Thor_MN May 2012 #7

Jesus wept onethatcares May 2012 #9

wait - this has been done already - Seinfeld did a Butler episode.... NRaleighLiberal May 2012 #10

Oh yes the Poop acts fast on this Politicalboi May 2012 #14

Shouldn't they transfer him to another diocese The Second Stone May 2012 #15

The Vatican arresting a whistleblower? Truth in the Catholic Church is a big secret, evidently. Zen Democrat May 2012 #17

I know! Arresting a whistleblower screams "serious coverup". glinda May 2012 #19

The Catholic Church is still full of secrets bjb May 2012 #18

That's a nice, heartwarming addition to the thread. pacalo May 2012 #20

How about them Papals? Blue Owl May 2012 #21

Scapegoat. nt Boabab May 2012 #22