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The Vatileaks scandal is a scandal initially involving leaked Vatican documents, exposing alleged corruption; in addition, an internal Vatican investigation purportedly uncovered the blackmailing of homosexual clergy by individuals outside the Church. Italian journalist Gianluigi Nuzzi published letters from Cardinal Carlo Maria Viganò, in which he begged not to be transferred for having exposed alleged corruption that cost the Holy See millions in higher contract prices. Viganò is now the Apostolic Nuncio to the United States. The name "VatiLeaks" is a play on the word ''WikiLeaks'', a not-for-profit media organisation whose goal is to bring important news and information to the public. Over the following months the situation widened as documents were leaked to Italian journalists, uncovering power struggles inside the Vatican over its efforts to show greater financial transparency and comply with international norms to fight money laundering. In early 2012, an anonymous letter made the headlines for its warning of a death threat against Pope Benedict XVI. The scandal escalated in May 2012 when Nuzzi published a book entitled ''His Holiness: The Secret Papers of Benedict XVI'' consisting of confidential letters and memos between Pope Benedict and his personal secretary, a controversial book that portrays the Vatican as a hotbed of jealousy, intrigue and underhanded factional fighting. The book reveals details about the Pope's personal finances, and includes tales of bribes made to procure an audience with him. ==Leaks== The scandal first came to light in late January 2012 in a television program aired in Italy under the name of ''The Untouchables'' (''Gli intoccabili''),〔(Ivereigh, Austen. Macmillan, ''The Great Reformer'', 2014, ISBN 9781627791571 )〕 and escalated in May 2012 when Gianluigi Nuzzi published a book entitled ''His Holiness: The Secret Papers of Benedict XVI'' consisting of confidential letters and memos. Among the documents were letters written to the pope and to the Secretary of State, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, by the current papal ambassador in the United States, Italian Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, complaining of corruption in Vatican finances and a campaign of defamation against him. Viganò, formerly the second ranked Vatican administrator to the pope, begged not to be transferred for having exposed alleged corruption that cost the Holy See millions in higher contract prices. However, John L. Allen Jr. suggests Viganò's transfer could have been about personality rather than policy. "()his would not seem to be about a courageous whistle-blower who's trying to expose wrong-doing or prompt reform. The motives seem more personal and political."〔 An anonymous document describing a conversation with Cardinal Paolo Romeo of Palermo, Sicily, in which he allegedly predicted the pope would be dead within 12 months. According to Allen none of the information leaked seem "especially fatal". "it's not so much the content of the leaks, but the fact of them, which is the real problem".〔(Allen Jr., John L. "Five questions about the Vatican's leaks scandal", ''National Catholic Reporter'', 17 February 2012 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vatican leaks scandal」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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