In march 2012, pope benedict appointed a commission of cardinals to investigate the leaks The vatican has never been a democracy, but the incongruity of a government that is a moral authority on the global stage and yet an absolute monarchy is becoming increasingly evident. The three cardinals appointed by benedict acted in a supervisory role, examining more than the narrow.
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A series of embarrassing leaks has exposed conspiracies, corruption, backstabbing, and bitter rivalries within the catholic church's hierarchy
The documents which exposed corruption vatileaks, or the vatican leaks scandal, came into focus in 2012 and involved the leaks of sensitive vatican documents, which exposed its rampant corruption.
The vatican leaks scandals, notably vatileaks in 2012 and vatileaks ii in 2015, exposed internal corruption and mismanagement through the release of confidential documents. This affair has come to be called “vatileaks” (literally, leaks from the vatican) by the italian press, from the revelations of matters on the website “wikileaks” that rocked the united state government in 2010 The arrest of the pope’s butler, paolo gabriele, 46, on may 23 (it was made public on may 26), caught everyone by surprise.
