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THE POPE took his verdict to resign after receiving a "potentially explosive" inform that revealed a network of high-ranking gay clergy inside the Vatican, an Italian newspaper has claimed.
According to La Repubblica, Pope Benedict XVI decided to quit on 17 December – the same evening he received a dossier revealing a faction of gay prelates.
The Pope's spokesman has declined to assert or deny the claims.
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Commissioned by Benedict himself, the dossier is said to have been prepared by Cardinals Julian Herranz, Salvatore De Giorgi and Josef Tomko, the former chief of the Vatican's secret services.
The three cardinals were delegated to watch into the so-called 'Vatileaks' affair, after the Pope's butler, Paolo Gabriele, was arrested and ch
The Old Pope Is Expired. “Gorgeous Georg” Is About to Come Out Swinging.
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI had been dead for just two days when it was revealed that his personal secretary, a noticeable and influential cleric nicknamed “Gorgeous Georg” by the international press, was publishing a tell-all book that promised to avenge his former boss—and lambast the current pope.
The news came as a shock in the world of Vatican observers. In part, that was because it arrived as the faithful were still, literally, mourning the pontiff at the center of it all. Also because the author, German Archbishop Georg Gänswein, has worked as a high-ranking employee for both Francis and Benedict and is situated in a particularly sensitive position in the church.
“This is unprecedented,” Massimo Faggioli, a theologian and church historian at Villanova University, told me over the phone. “The shocking part is it’s the secretary of the former pope who’s raising very serious accusations against the current pope, who’s been very patient with him. At the very minimum, it’s very bad taste.”
Gänswein’s book, Nothing but the Truth: My Life Beside Pope Benedict XVI, will be published later this month by an im
Archbishop Georg Gänswein’s memoir “Nothing but the Truth” is the most talked-about Catholic book in years.
Released on Jan. 12, it recounts the archbishop’s experiences as Benedict XVI’s personal secretary and concludes with the pope emeritus’ death and funeral.
The book, published in Italian by Edizioni Piemme, runs to more than pages and is co-written with the journalist Saverio Gaeta.
It has stirred controversy because of its candid description of the affair between Benedict XVI and Pope Francis, and its citation of previously confidential documents.
Here is The Pillar’sguide to the book’s characters and contents.
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Archbishop Georg Gänswein: The book’s narrator is Archbishop Gänswein, a year-old German living in Vatican City. Dubbed “Gorgeous George” by the media on account of his chiseled features, he holds two demanding roles for much of the book: he is personal secretary to Benedict XVI and the prefect of the Prefecture of the Papal Household, the Vatican department responsible for papal audiences and ceremonies.
Benedict XVI: The German pope, famous as Joseph Ratzinger until his election in , is not only Archbishop Gänswein’ssuperio
Leading Catholic Blogger Sees More Evidence That The Pope Is Gay
Pope Benedict XVI will officially retire at 8 p.m. tomorrow, but his retirement package is raising a few eyebrows — and resurrecting rumors about his sexuality.
Rather than decamp to some monastery in Germany as many expected, Benedict will instead stay living in the Vatican.
CNN reports he will be living in the Mater Ecclesiae (Mother of the Church) building, which formerly housed a cloistered convent in the Vatican gardens. He will be referred to as the "emeritus pope" and hold wearing the white — though he will fall his trademark red shoes, perhaps wearing a pair of "handcrafted brown loafers" instead, the WSJ reports.
One detail that has caused particular scrutiny is that the Pope will maintain to live with his trusted secretary Archbishop Georg Ganswein, who will also be head of the new Pope's household — from the sounds of it, working two jobs.
The Vatican denies that Ganswein working for both the old Pope and the new Pope will result in any conflict of interest. But there's a more scandalous question as adequately, as put forward by Andrew Sullivan, perhaps the best-known Catholic blogger in America, today:
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