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• "Batman" Christian Bale horrified by Colorado shooting
• "Vatileaks" butler wanted to help the pope: lawyer
• Pope's butler placed under house arrest in Vatican

"Batman" Christian Bale horrified by Colorado shooting Posted: 21 Jul 2012 03:25 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Christian Bale, who plays Batman in "The Dark Knight Rises," expressed horror and grief for the victims of Friday's shooting spree that left 12 dead in a Colorado theater at a midnight showing of his new movie. "Words cannot express the horror that I feel," he said in a statement released on Saturday by his spokeswoman, Jennifer Allen. "I cannot begin to truly understand the pain and grief of the victims and their loved ones, but my heart goes out to them." James Holmes, 24, is in police custody and accused of the crime in which 58 others were injured. ...

"Vatileaks" butler wanted to help the pope: lawyer Posted: 21 Jul 2012 01:34 PM PDT VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Paolo Gabriele, the papal butler held on suspicion of leaking documents alleging corruption in the Vatican, was driven by a desire to help the pope, his lawyer said on Saturday, adding that his ultimate aim may have been to clean up the Church. The lawyer, Carlo Fusco, told a news conference that Gabriele had acted alone in the so-called "Vatileaks" scandal and was not part of any wider plot, saying he expected a Vatican magistrate to order a trial for him soon. ...

Pope's butler placed under house arrest in Vatican Posted: 21 Jul 2012 11:04 AM PDT Pope Benedict XVI's butler was released from a Vatican cell and placed under house arrest on Saturday as he awaits a ruling on whether he should stand trial for leaking confidential papers.

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