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Pope pardons Vatican butler

Posted: 22 Dec 2012 12:08 PM PST

Pope Benedict XVI granted his former butler a Christmas pardon Saturday, forgiving him in person during a jailhouse meeting for stealing and leaking his private papers in one of the gravest Vatican security breaches in recent times.

Pope visits jailed butler to grant pre-Christmas pardon

Posted: 22 Dec 2012 08:16 AM PST

Pope Benedict XVI talks with former butler Paolo Gabriele during a private audience at the VaticanVATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict made a surprise pre-Christmas visit to the jail holding his former butler on Saturday and pardoned him for stealing and leaking documents that alleged corruption in the Vatican. The pope and Paolo Gabriele spent about 15 minutes together before Gabriele was freed and allowed to return to his wife and children in their Vatican apartment, Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi said. "What they said to each other will remain a secret between them ... ...

Rebels threaten to storm 2 Syrian Christian towns

Posted: 22 Dec 2012 07:59 AM PST

In this Monday, Dec. 17, 2012 photo, a Free Syrian Army fighter takes cover during fighting with the Syrian Army in Azaz, Syria. (AP Photo/Virginie Nguyen Huang)BEIRUT (AP) — Rebels have threated to storm two predominantly Christian towns in central Syria if residents do not "evict" government troops they say are using the towns as a base to attack nearby areas.

Pope pardons ex-butler who stole, leaked documents

Posted: 22 Dec 2012 07:49 AM PST

FILE - In this file photo taken Wednesday, May 2, 2012, Pope Benedict XVI, right, arrives in St. Peter's square at the Vatican for a general audience as his then-butler Paolo Gabriele, bottom, and his personal secretary Georg Gaenswein sit in the car with him. The Vatican has summoned journalists for a briefing on Saturday Dec. 22, 2012, for what Italian media report is expected to be the announcement of a pardon for the former butler, Gabiele, who was convicted in October 2012 of aggravated theft after steeling the pontiff's personal papers and leaking them to the media in a bid to expose the "evil and corruption" in the Catholic Church. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI granted his former butler a Christmas pardon Saturday, forgiving him in person during a jailhouse meeting for stealing and leaking his private papers in one of the gravest Vatican security breaches in recent times.

Pope grants Christmas pardon to ex-butler who stole, leaked documents to expose Vatican 'evil'

Posted: 22 Dec 2012 04:19 AM PST

Pope grants Christmas pardon to ex-butler who stole, leaked documents to expose Vatican 'evil'

Pardon for pope's butler who stole papers expected

Posted: 22 Dec 2012 02:29 AM PST

Pope Benedict XVI delivers his message on the occasion of the exchange of Christmas greetings with the Roman curia, in the Clementine hall at Vatican, Friday, Dec. 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, pool)VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican has summoned journalists for a briefing on what Italian news reports say is an expected pardon for Pope Benedict XVI'S former butler, who stole the pontiff's personal papers and leaked them in a bid to expose the "evil and corruption" in the Catholic Church.

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