An unholy civil war in the Vatican

Leaked documents from the Vatican Bank have put Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone at the centre of an almighty scandal. Is the Pope's 'prime minister' waging war in the Holy See?

The Vatican has long been said to be "a nest of vipers", says The Independent. The "Vatileaks" affair has laid the poison bare, revealing a vicious and unholy civil war raging within the Holy See. Among the unsavoury secret documents supposedly leaked by the Pope's butler before his arrest last month are allegations of "death threats" (against the Pope and others), child murder, gay smears and mafia links.

But it is the charges of corruption against the Pope's "prime minister", Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone and his alleged cover-up of shady dealings at the Vatican Bank that has got Italian financiers sweating.

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