VATICAN CITY
The Daily Star (Lebanon)
May 29, 2012
By Ella Ide
VATICAN CITY: The flood of secret Vatican documents leaked to the press, enraging the Holy See, aims to oust the Church’s powerful number two and maybe to replace the pope himself, experts say.
The so-called “Vatileaks” scandal is a plot within the intrigue-filled Vatican City to unseat Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone, seen by some as wielding too much power and not acting in the Church’s interests, they say.
“The documents that have been leaked all concern Bertone in one way or another,” Marco Politi, Vatican expert for Il Fatto Quotidiano daily, told AFP.
“This is all about damaging him to get a new secretary of state,” he added.
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