Just 10 days after the pope's butler was arrested in an investigation into Holy See leaks, an Italian daily on Sunday published fresh whistleblower letters, suggesting the scandal is far from over.

Pope Benedict is fighting the worst crisis of his papacy, but his problems are only the latest in a long history of controversies and intrigue in the headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church.

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The Vatican on Saturday confirmed the arrest of Pope Benedict XVI's butler on suspicion of leaking confidential documents and letters from the pontiff's private study to the media.

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Vatican police arrested on Friday a man -- reportedly the pope's butler -- on allegations of having leaked confidential documents and letters from the pontiff's private study to newspapers.

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Pope Benedict XVI on Monday sang along to the anthem of his native Bavaria in Germany to celebrate his 85th birthday, which makes him the oldest pope since Leo XIII who died in 1903 aged 93.

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The pope can't cook but knows how to wash dishes following dinner and practices addresses with a tape recorder, according to his older brother.

Before he became Pope Benedict XVI, Cardinal Joseph Rat

Pope Benedict XVI was to meet Fidel Castro and hold a huge outdoor mass in Havana on Wednesday as he wraps up a three-day visit in which he called for a more 'open society' on the Communist-run island

Cuba's vice president declared on Tuesday that there would be ‘no political reforms’ introduced on the communist island, despite a call one day earlier from Pope Benedict XVI for greater openness duri

He donned a sombrero and was serenaded by mariachi bands, embraced by Mexicans who called him their brother.

Pope Benedict XVI has a bit of a tougher sell as he heads to a Cuba that until recently w

A flurry of house-painting and road-paving has spun into full tilt as the only Communist capital in the Americas puts on its Sunday best to welcome Pope Benedict XVI to Cuba this week.

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