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With the papal election just around the corner, international media underline the “loneliness of the short distance Pope”

Vatican Insider staff
Rome

The international press is chokablok with speculations on a secret Vatileaks dossier that is so “explosive” it led to Benedict XVI’s resignation and on the shadow of the various scandals which is hanging over the upcoming Conclave. Just a few days after the Pope began his Lenten retreat the media is talking about “the loneliness of the short distance Pope”.

British newspaper The Guardian published an article titled “Papal resignation linked to inquiry into ‘Vatican gay officials’, says paper”, saying that although the Vatican’s spokesman has not confirmed the document, “a potentially explosive report has linked the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI to the discovery of a network of gay prelates in the Vatican.” The dossier’s role in the Vatileaks scandal is…