VATICAN CITY
New York Post
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Last Updated: 11:21 AM, June 18, 2012
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican is blaming the media for fueling the latest scandal over leaked Vatican documents and is insisting that there are no power struggles or problems of unity in the Holy See’s governance.
Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone told an Italian Catholic weekly that journalists reporting on the leaks scandal are “pretending to be Dan Brown … inventing stories and replaying legends.”
The reference to Brown is particularly acute; Brown wrote “The Da Vinci Code,” the best-selling fictional account of power struggles and scandals inside the Vatican.
The Vatican has been on the defensive ever since sensitive documents alleging corruption and exposing power struggles began appearing in the Italian media in January.
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