Vatileaks

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Did the Butler do it? Paolo Gabriele, Butler to the Pope was interrogated today within the walls of the tiny Papal nation of the Vatican. He's alleged to have stolen the Pope's personal papers and leaked them. His friends say he is far too loyal for that but Vatican City is swirling with scandal right now with leaked documents pointing to intrigue, high-finance, low deeds and vicious infighting linked ... Not to the Pope but to the Cardinal who is his most trusted advisor. And if the Information isn't bad enough, the very fact that there could be as many as 20 Whistleblowers Inside the Holy See has the normally secretive Vatican in a whirl.


Part Three of The Current

Vatileaks - Newsweek-Daily Beast Rome bureau chief

We started this segment with the sound of thousands of young Catholics greeting Pope Benedict in Milan this past weekend. On Sunday, nearly one million people gathered in Milan's Parco Nord for the closing mass of the seventh world meeting on Families. While the Pope was enjoying the public admiration in Milan - one of Italy's leading newspapers was publishing more private Vatican documents in what is now being called Vatileaks.

So far only one person has been arrested in connection with the leaks, the Pope's butler Paolo Gabriele. He's charged with aggravated theft for allegedly leaking the documents to Italian journalist Gianluigi Nuzzi. Mr. Nuzzi printed many of the confidential papers in his bestselling book His Holiness: The Secret Papers of Benedict XVI.

At his weekly address, the Pope spoke of the scandal. We aired a clip.

And the salacious affair has captivated Romans. We heard some thoughts from
people outside St. Peter's in Rome.

To help us sort through this complicated scandal we reached Barbie Latza Nadeau. She is the Rome bureau chief for Newsweek-Daily Beast and we reached her in Rome.

Vatileaks - National Catholic Reporter

It may all be very embarrassing for officials but the Vatican has survived far worse. With his thoughts on what the latest scandal may mean for the future of the Catholic Church, we were joined by John L. Allen Jr. He is a senior correspondent at the National Catholic Reporter and he joined us from Denver

This segment was produced by The Current's Lara O'Brien and Shannon Higgins.

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