by John L. Allen Jr.
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May 27, 2012
Ettore Gotti Tedeschi, president of the Vatican bank, was fired May 24. (CNS photo/Alessandro Bianchi, Reuters)
To say that the Vatican seems in turmoil would be putting things mildly, with two stunners in the arc of twenty-four hours last week: The announcement that the president of the Vatican Bank has been unceremoniously fired, and the revelation that a longtime personal servant of Benedict XVI has been identified as the alleged "deep throat" behind the torrid Vatican leaks scandal.
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