Vatican Rejects Argentine Accusations Against Pope Francis

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1. Thanks.

I'd really like to see this settled quickly and not fester forever in the online comments of the Guardian etc as did the claims about Benedict. Possibly Rome has learned a lesson in rapid response and if so it will be a great relief. I still don't know exactly why Benedict resigned, but controlling the noise machine never seemed high on his agenda, and consequently he seemed far more a victim of propaganda than a sly manipulator of public opinion, to me at least. Personally i don't fault him for giving slight attention to scoring p.r. points with pundits but in the end I think his reluctance to sell himself more vigorously at least partly did him in. Ironic that it should be so, as he was and is the soul of piety, but that's the way it is. So if this is a sign of things to come amen to that.