Vatican allegations in full

VATICAN CITY
The Telegraph (United Kingdom)

Documents and letters stolen from the Vatican and handed to Italian journalists make damning allegations of intrigue within the Holy See.

By Nick Squires
5:04PM BST 06 Jun 2012

Pope Benedict XVI is apparently unable to prevent poisonous feuds and vendettas between rival groups of cardinals, according to “His Holiness – The Secret Papers of Benedict XVI”.

Several of the documents cast in a particularly bad light Tarcisio Bertone, who as secretary of state is the Pope’s right-hand man and effectively the prime minister of the world’s smallest state.

1 The most sensational allegation is Cardinal Bertone conspired with the editor of the Vatican’s daily newspaper in a dirty tricks campaign against a rival.

Gian Maria Vian, the editor of L’Osservatore Romano, allegedly leaked false documents which purported to show that Dino Boffo, the editor of another Catholic newspaper, L’Avvenire, had had a homosexual affair, forcing Mr Boffo to resign from the editorship.

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