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June 19th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Bertone said the media were full of “pettiness and lies spread in these days,” adding that “outside Italy people have a hard time trying to understand the vehemence of some Italian newspapers”.
He said the Church was “an unequivocal reference point for countless people and institutions around the world” and added: “This is why there is an attempt to destabilise it”.
Bertone branded as false the image of the Vatican as a place of intrigue and power struggles, saying: “The truth is that there is an attempt to sow division that comes from the Devil”.
At a briefing with the Vatican’s chief spokesman, Father Federico Lombardi, an Italian reporter contested Bertone’s portrayal of the media, telling him that the leaks scandal started with a letter in which an archbishop complained to the pope about corruption in the Vatican.
Several leaked documents allege corruption in the Vatican’s business dealings with Italian companies that were paid inflated prices for work in the Vatican, rivalries among cardinals, and clashes over the management of the Vatican bank.
Lombardi said that while he did not want to make “generalised condemnations”, he believed that some of the coverage of the Vatican was “not founded on objectivity”.
Earlier this month Lombardi acknowledged that it would take time to restore trust within the walls of the Vatican and to heal the damage to the Church’s reputation caused by the leaks scandal and the subsequent arrest of the pope’s butler.
Gabriele was arrested on May 23 and has been interrogated several times by a Vatican magistrate who must decide whether he should stand trial on charges of aggravated theft.
Bertone said no cardinals were suspected of involvement in the leaks scandal.
He also denied allegations by Ettore Gotti Tedeschi, the former head of the Vatican bank, that he was ousted because he wanted the bank, officially known as the Institute for Works of Religion (IOR), to be more transparent.
Bertone repeated the Vatican’s position that Gotti Tedeschi left after a no-confidence vote by the bank’s board because he was a divisive and inefficient manager.
Source: Reuters
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