VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Paolo Gabriele, the papal butler who has been detained for nearly two months on suspicion of leaking documents alleging corruption in the Vatican, acted alone and was not part of any wider plot, his lawyer said on Saturday. … Read More
Satirical paper urges Christian spirit in papal row
BERLIN (Reuters) – A German magazine that angered the Vatican with a cover picture satirizing Pope Benedict said on Wednesday it hoped to defuse the dispute in “a spirit of Christian reconciliation”. … Read More
Vatican condemns ‘illicit ordination’ in China
BEIJING/ROME (Reuters) – The Vatican on Tuesday condemned the appointment of a Chinese Catholic bishop without its approval, hours after a source said one of Rome’s own newly-ordained bishops had been detained in a seminary in China. … Read More
China bishop, named by Rome, held in seminary: source
BEIJING (Reuters) – A Chinese priest who publicly quit the state-sanctioned Catholic Church and was made bishop with the pope’s approval was taken away by officials last weekend and is being held in his seminary, a source said on Tuesday, in a move likely to further strain relations between Beijing and the Vatican. … Read More
