VATICAN CITY
Irish Independent
Michael Silke– 22 February 2013
POPE Benedict XVI resigned after receiving an inquiry outlining the influence of “gay officials” in the Vatican, an Italian newspaper has sensationally claimed.
The newspaper ‘La Repubblica’ said that the Pontiff decided to resign the day he received a dossier compiled by three cardinals delegated to look into the ‘Vatileaks’ affair.
This was the scandal whereby the Pope’s own butler stole sensitive internal letters to the Pontiff and passed them off to a journalist, who then published them in a blockbuster book.
The newspaper said the cardinals’ report described a number of factions, including one whose members were “united by sexual orientation”.
‘La Repubblica’ said the dossier identified a series of meeting places for the faction including a villa, sauna, and a beauty parlour – and also alleged blackmail.
It reported that factions in the Vatican were breaking the sixth and seventh commandments – which forbid theft and adultery. The seventh commandment is also linked to forbidding homosexual acts.
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