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	Vatican: No Conspiracy against Us, But… By Greg Burke Fox News April 12, 2010 http://liveshots.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/04/12/vatican-no-conspiracy-against-us-but/?test=latestnewsThe editor of the Vatican newspaper told journalists at the Foreign Press Club in Rome Monday that he thinks charges of a conspiracy or a plot against the Vatican are ridiculous. But Giovanni Maria Vian said he does believe there’s a “campaign” against the Catholic Church, with so many stories about sex abuse in the media. “This news helps sell (papers); that’s the first key to the campaign,” Vian said. “Then there’s anti-Catholic hostility.” Vian, a university professor who took over the Osservatore Romano under Pope Benedict – and actually managed to make it a readable newspaper – joked with a reporter from the New York Times when she identified herself and said, “Don’t shoot at me.” Vian responded laughing, “You’re the ones shooting at us.” He defended Benedict, and said the German cases accusing the pope of mishandling sex abuse by clergy were old stories that had been “dug up again.” “The media campaign will continue; there will be more rehashing of old cases until the readers get bored,” he said. “But the Vatican will not forget the victims. Their lives have been ruined.” Vian said he last saw the Pope on Friday, and that Benedict appeared serene and tranquil, as usual.
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