VATICAN CITY
Gazzetta del Sud
Rome, February 20 – The head of the Vatican’s press service on Thursday said claims by an article in a weekly newsmagazine that Pope Benedict XVI decided to step down in December after reading a report into the Vatileaks scandal were “fantasies”. A committee of three cardinals which carried out the investigation “did its work, did its report” and delivered it to the pope, Lombardi said. “Let’s not run after all these conjectures, fantasies and opinions. Do not expect comments, confirmations or denials of particular points”.
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