2012年5月28日星期一

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Pope's butler pledges to co-operate with Vatican scandal probe; Italian media hint at others

Posted: 28 May 2012 12:40 PM PDT

arrested for allegedly having confidential documents in his home — agreeing to co-operate with investigators, his lawyer said Monday.

Vatican says trust in Church hurt by scandal

Posted: 28 May 2012 11:05 AM PDT

File photo of Pope's butler, Paolo Gabriele with Pope Benedict XVI at St. Peter's Square in VaticanVATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican, engulfed in the worst crisis in Pope Benedict's papacy, on Monday denied Italian media reports that cardinals were suspects in an investigation into leaks of sensitive documents that led to the arrest of the pope's butler. But while denying the reports, which said the butler was merely a courier in a behind-the-scenes struggle for power in the Holy See, the Vatican acknowledged that the often sordid affair would test the faith of Catholics in their Church. ...


Pope's butler vows to help Vatican scandal probe

Posted: 28 May 2012 10:13 AM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI celebrates a Pentecost Mass inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Sunday, May 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)One of the Vatican's biggest scandals in decades widened Monday with the pope's butler — arrested for allegedly having confidential documents in his home — agreeing to cooperate with investigators, his lawyer said Monday.


Vatican says trust in church hurt by leaks scandal

Posted: 28 May 2012 08:34 AM PDT

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The faith of Roman Catholics in their Church has been damaged by a scandal over leaked documents in which the pope's butler has been arrested, the Vatican said on Monday. "This is naturally something that can hurt the Church, and put trust in it and the Holy See to the test," Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi told reporters. (Reporting By Philip Pullella)

Vatican denies any Cardinal a suspect in leaks scandal

Posted: 28 May 2012 08:34 AM PDT

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican on Monday denied Italian press reports that a cardinal was among those being investigated in a scandal over leaked documents that has shaken the highest levels of the Roman Catholic Church. Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi also told a news conference the Holy See would not allow media pressure to rush an investigation which has led to the arrest of Pope Benedict's butler over the leaks. Lombardi said the pope was following the case closely but calmly and that talk of an internal power struggle behind the case had been exaggerated. ...

Vatican denies cardinal suspected in Vatileaks scandal

Posted: 28 May 2012 07:20 AM PDT

Visitors queue outside St Peter's Square in February 2012The Vatican denied reports on Monday that an unnamed cardinal is suspected of being a leading mole behind leaks of confidential papal documents, but confirmed many people were being questioned.


Saudi woman defies religious police over nail polish

Posted: 28 May 2012 07:08 AM PDT

The Saudi religious police prevent women from driving and require them to be covered from head to foot in blackA YouTube video of a Saudi woman defying orders by the notorious religious police to leave a mall because she is wearing nail polish has gone viral, attracting more than a million hits in just five days.


Lawyer says pope's butler has pledged his "full collaboration" in Vatican leaks investigation

Posted: 28 May 2012 05:07 AM PDT

Lawyer says pope's butler has pledged his "full collaboration" in Vatican leaks investigation.

Iraq Christian heritage sites lie neglected

Posted: 27 May 2012 11:46 PM PDT

The archaeological site of a pre-Islamic Christian monastery in Iraq's central city of NajafA stone's throw from Iraq's Shiite holy city of Najaf's airport, the remains of the celebrated ancient Christian city of Hira lie neglected and mouldering, because funds for excavation have dried up.


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