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Vatican in chaos after butler arrested for leaks

Sunday, May 27, 2012
Pope Benedict XVI looks up as he leaves at the end of an audience to followers of the Renewal In Spirit movement in St. Peters square at the Vatican, Saturday, May 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)

Pope Benedict XVI looks up as he leaves at the end of an audience to followers of the Renewal In Spirit movement in St. Peter's square at the Vatican, Saturday, May 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)

The Vatican's inquisition into the source of leaked documents has yielded its first target with the arrest of the pope's butler, but the investigation is continuing into a scandal that has embarrassed the Holy See by revealing evidence of internal power struggles, intrigue and corruption in the highest levels of the Catholic Church governance.

 

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