VATICAN CITY
National Catholic Reporter
by John L Allen Jr on May. 25, 2012 NCR Today
To say that the Vatican seems in turmoil would be putting things mildly, with two stunners in the arc of twenty-fours: Yesterday’s announcement that the president of the Vatican Bank has been unceremoniously fired, and today’s revelation that a longtime personal servant of Benedict XVI has been identified as the alleged “deep throat” behind the torrid Vatican leaks scandal.
Perhaps it would be more accurate, albeit a bit crude, to say that all Hell is breaking loose in the Holy See.
Earlier today the Vatican spokesperson, Jesuit Fr. Federico Lombardi, announced that the Vatican’s security forces had identified an individual as a source for the recent avalanche of leaks, but didn’t provide the name. Various Italian news outlets, however, are reporting that the suspect is Paolo Gabriele, a layman who has worked for many years in the papal apartments as a butler and waiter for the pope.
According to reports, Gabriele is now being interrogated by the promoter of justice for the Vatican City-State, Nicola Picardi.
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