VATICAN CITY
Gulf News
AFP
Published: 15:58 February 21, 2013
Vatican City: With Pope Benedict XVI’s impending resignation creating shockwaves around the world, the Vatican’s official daily L’Osservatore Romano is now the most closely watched newspaper in Rome – with its blend of an official Vatican line and a modern outlook.
The paper flew off the shelves with a scoop within hours of the pope’s historic announcement last week – a report revealing the 85-year-old made his mind up during a tiring trip to Mexico and Cuba last year.
The article was signed simply “gmv” – the initials of Giovanni Maria Vian, a cheerful 60-year-old historian who has been editor at the paper since 2007 and is one of Benedict’s biggest admirers.
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