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The Washington Post

On Rouhani’s rainbow tour, Europe hopes for a pot of gold

By Anthony Faiola / Stefano Pitrelli in Rome and Virgile Demoustier in Paris contributed to this report.

ROME — When the last Iranian president touched down in the Eternal City for a U.N. summit in 2008, Italian officials and businessmen ran the other way. But they are already lining up for Hassan Rouhani.

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The Washington Post

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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