VATICAN CITY
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Vatican City, 23 Oct. (AKI) – Pope Benedict XVI could pardon his former butler Paolo Gabriele who was earlier this month jailed for 18 months for stealing private papal correspondence, the Vatican said on Tuesday.
“A papal pardon remains a possibility but we cannot predict if, how and when,” said Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi.
He was briefing journaalists on the written explanation issued Tuesday by the the three-judge tribunal of how it reached its 6 October ruling against Gabriele, who was convicted of aggravated theft and sentenced to 18 months in jail, currently being served under house arrest.
The judges’ explanation sharply criticised Gabriele for harming the pope, the Holy See and the entire Catholic Church.
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