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Why juicy Vatican secrets are getting harder to keep, even under Pope Francis

By Michelle Boorstein & Paul Farhi / Stefano Pitrelli contributed to this story from Rome

Italian journalist Emiliano Fittipaldi suggested that his book was made possible by the desire for more expansive reforms. (AP)
Gossip and internal politicking are so much a part of Vatican life that an old Rome joke goes: “In the Church, a secret is something you only tell one person at a time.”

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New books allege mismanagement, excess at the Vatican

By Anthony Faiola & Stefano Pitrelli / Michelle Boorstein and Sarah Pulliam Bailey in Washington contributed to this report.

The Vatican faced fresh accusations of mismanagement, excess and resistance to change as details from two new books emerged Tuesday, a day after the Holy See announced the arrest of two insiders on suspicion of leaking internal information.

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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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