CANADA
Toronto Star
By:Sandro Contenta
Feature reporter, Published on Sat Feb 16 2013
If God works in mysterious ways, then the Vatican has long been meticulous about following His example.
The Holy See’s pronouncements on Catholic doctrine claim the missile-like clarity of truth. But its politics and workings are monuments to obscurity.
Centuries of secrecy and intrigue turn even the most historic events into exercises in uncertainty. On Monday, when Pope Benedict made one of the biggest Vatican announcements in 600 years — his resignation — he did it exclusively in Latin, a dead language only one journalist in attendance understood.
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