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By Anthony Faiola / Eliza Mackintosh in London and Stefano Pitrelli in Rome contributed to this report

LONDON — On the same day as his last public blessing Sunday, Pope Benedict XVI confronted the threat of a fresh scandal within the church hierarchy, with Vatican officials informing him of new allegations that Britain’s most senior Roman Catholic cleric had engaged in inappropriate behavior with priests. Continua la lettura di →

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Pope struggled to lift sacred secrecy of Vatican finances

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By Anthony Faiola / Stefano Pitrelli in Rome and Eliza Mackintosh in London contributed to this report

VATICAN CITY — Inside a 13th-century monastery in a sleepy village north of Rome, the Rev. Salvatore Palumbo was allegedly serving more than one higher authority. Italian prosecutors say a Ferrari-driving lawyer who defrauded insurance companies used the priest as a frontman, with Palumbo stashing the illicit cash inside the secretive Institute for Works of Religion.

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Pope Benedict XVI, in last public Mass, deplores ‘divisions’ roiling Catholic Church

13 Febbraio 2013 Stefano Pitrelli

By Anthony Faiola / Stefano Pitrelli in Rome and Eliza Mackintosh in London contributed to this report

VATICAN CITY — Standing above the ancient tomb of Saint Peter, Pope Benedict XVI used his final homily as pontiff Wednesday to deliver a blunt reflection on religious hypocrisy, suggesting the church was confronting internal “divisions” and sometimes presented a “disfigured” face. Continua la lettura di →

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Britain’s top cardinal accused of ‘inappropriate’ behavior with priests

Pope struggled to lift sacred secrecy of Vatican finances

Pope Benedict XVI, in last public Mass, deplores ‘divisions’ roiling Catholic Church

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