VATICAN CITY
AFP
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican is having its own version of the WikiLeaks scandals that have hit the United States, spokesman Federico Lombardi has said following a recent rash of leaks to the Italian press.
Newspapers have published letters by a whistleblower alleging rampant corruption in the Vatican, as well as accusing the Vatican bank of failing to implement laws against money laundering.
Last week a confidential letter from a cardinal claiming knowledge of a plot to assassinate the pope within the next 12 months also came to light.
“We need calm, cold blood and reason,” Father Lombardi said in a long statement published on Vatican Radio’s website late on Monday.
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