A file image of Pope Benedict XVI and his butler Paolo Gabriele at a weekly general audience at St Peter's square. Photo: AFP Pope Benedict XVI's former butler Paolo Gabriele is set to go on trial for leaking confidential Vatican memos that revealed cloak-and-dagger politics among the pope's closest aides. A once loyal servant who said he grew disgusted by the "evil and corruption" he witnessed, Gabriele told investigators he was acting as an "agent" of the Holy Spirit to help the Pope put a weary Catholic Church back on track. Gabriele faces up to four years in prison for aggravated theft in a trial that is unprecedented in the modern history of the world's smallest state. Using the...
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