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Catholic World News

‘Vatileaks’ lawyer quits case

August 30, 2012

Carlo Fusco, the lawyer for “Vatileaks” suspect Paolo Gabriele, has dropped off the case, citing differences of opinion over the conduct of the legal defense.

A second lawyer representing Gabriele, Cristiana Arru, was reported to be reconsidering her own role in the defense.

Gabriele, the Pope’s former valet, was indicted last week for stealing confidential papal papers. He has said that he acted alone, hoping to expose corruption in the Vatican. Many observers believe that Gabriele acted in concert with others to leak the confidential documents.

 

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Wed30 April
Easter

Wednesday of the Second Week of Easter; Opt. Mem. of St. Pius V, Pope and Religious

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Today is the Optional Memorial of St. Pius V (1504-1572). He joined the Dominicans at the age of fourteen; he was sixty-two when he was elected Pope. His reign, though short, was one of the most fruitful of the sixteenth century. To Protestantism, which had proclaimed the Reformation, St. Pius replied by…

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