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Vatican arrests two advisers over alleged links to leaked documents

By Anthony Faiola / Stefano Pitrelli in Rome and Brian Murphy in Washington contributed to this report.

The arrest of two Vatican insiders on suspicion of leaking damaging internal documents signaled the return Monday of an unwelcome guest at the Holy See’s ancient gates: scandal.

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Meet the 82-year-old progressive German cardinal who has an outsized influence on Pope Francis

By Michelle Boorstein & Anthony Faiola / Stefano Pitrelli in Rome contributed to this report.

German Cardinal Walter Kasper arrives at Clementina Hall to exchange Christmas greetings with Pope Francis in 2014 in Vatican City.  (Sipa USA)

In the coming weeks or months, Pope Francis is expected to come out with a significant teaching on how the Catholic Church should respond to the new shapes and challenges of the modern family. As he prepares the document, there may be few individuals as important in understanding the pope’s thinking as an 82-year-old German theologian named Cardinal Walter Kasper.

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