The one
person who could testify as to Benedict’s present mental health, his personal
butler Paolo Gabriele, is incommunicado and his family in Vatican housing sit
under a sword of Damocles.
All this
while power struggles among many factions of Cardinals and Archbishops and
looting of the Vatican Bank is taking place under the nose of the Media.
One wonders
how long Benedict’s reign is to last without a loyal faithful servant like Paolo
Gabriele at the side of the Pontiff to take care of his private interests, taste
his food etc.
Vatican leakers say cardinals among
plotters in scandal
The worst
crisis in Pope Benedict's pontificate deepened on Monday when Italian media
said at least one cardinal was among those suspected of leaking sensitive
documents as part of a power struggle at the top of the Church.
The scandal
exploded last week when within a few days the pope's butler was arrested for
leaking documents, the head of the Vatican's own bank was abruptly dismissed
and a book was published alleging conspiracies among the cardinals or
"princes of the Church".
Newspapers,
quoting insiders who had themselves leaked documents, said the arrested butler
was merely a scapegoat doing the bidding of more powerful figures in the
scandal, which has been dubbed "Vatileaks".
.
No comments:
Post a Comment