US security services ‘targeted Francis in run up to and during conclave’ Claims NSA intercepted phone calls made to and from priests’ residence Other leading bishops and cardinals ‘also being monitored by US spies’ By Hannah Roberts PUBLISHED: 14:58 EST,… Read More ›
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Top prelate, spy, broker arrested in Vatican bank probe
IOR woes continue, Vatican will collaborate ‘fully’ with judges 28 June, 13:15 (ANSAmed) – ROME – Italian police on Friday arrested a prelate in charge of Vatican accounts, a member of Italy’s domestic intelligence service and a… Read More ›
Papal resignation linked to inquiry into ‘Vatican gay officials’, says paper
Pope’s staff decline to confirm or deny La Repubblica claims linking ‘Vatileaks’ affair and discovery of ‘blackmailed gay clergy’ John Hooper in Rome The Guardian, Thursday 21 February 2013 The Vatican is awhirl with rumours about the pope’s decision… Read More ›
Italy hails ‘an outbreak of modernity in the Church’ as Pope Benedict XVI announces he will resign because of ill health
Pope Benedict XVI is the first pontiff to stand down in nearly 600 years Jerome Taylor, Nick Clark Monday, 11 February 2013 Pope Benedict XVI has announced that he will resign the papacy because of ill health, according to the… Read More ›
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