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GRESHAM, Ore., May 30, 2012 /Christian Newswire/ -- Vatican insiders are abuzz this week following news that Pope Benedict XVI's butler, Paolo Gabriele was arrested by magistrates as the source behind leaked documents, the so-called Vatileaks scandal that has plagued Rome since 2011. The same experts are quick to speculate that at least one Cardinal may be operating behind the scene with the butler likely a pawn in a deeper, internal power struggle, the words "scapegoat," "plot" and "conspiracy" tripping off their tongues.

According to confidants, at the center of this crises and Machiavellian conspiracy is one man in particular -- the Vatican secretary of state, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, a priest who has enjoyed solidarity with Pope Benedict for many years.

After being elected pope in April, 2005 and taking his place as successor of John Paul II as Sovereign of the Vatican City State and leader of the Roman Catholic Church, Ratzinger as "Pope Benedict XVI" quickly appointed Cardinal Bertone to replace Angelo Sodano as the Cardinal Secretary of State. On April 4, 2007, Benedict also appointed Bertone as his Camerlengo to administrate the duty of the Pope in the case of a vacancy of the papacy. Benedict has since made decisions that indicate Bertone could be (or once was) his choice for successor, and both men have at times appeared to be stacking and massaging the Red Hats in Bertone's favor for the next conclave. This was noted in the May 13, 2011 National Catholic Reporter article, "A Triptych on Benedict's Papacy, and Hints of What Lies Beyond," when NCR Senior Correspondent John L. Allen Jr. spoke of the shake-up inside the Roman Curia in which Italian Archbishop Giovanni Angelo Becciu was appointed the Substitute for General Affairs by Pope Benedict XVI. Becciu, who replaced Archbishop Fernando Filoni for the job, seemed at first an odd selection to Vatican insiders. "Given how difficult it is to master the role [of Substitute], many observers found it curious that Filoni would be shipped out after less than four years, to be replaced by someone in Becciu who has no previous experience at all working inside the Vatican," observed the NCR. But then the nail was hit on the head when...

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