VATICAN CITY
Reuters
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – The Vatican on Friday dismissed as “delirious” an Italian newspaper report that said Pope Benedict would be assassinated within 12 months.
“This is obviously delirious raving that cannot be taken seriously in any way,” said Father Federico Lombardi, the Vatican’s chief spokesman.
The newspaper Il Fatto Quotidiano ran a front-page story, picked up by Italian state television, that said a cardinal wrote a secret note to a superior in the Vatican that he had heard about a plot to kill the pope within a year.
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