As Pope Benedict announced on February 11, he will be resigning his duty as Pope on February 28th. This shocking news produced a variety of rumors and reports by the Italian media. The Vatican accused these italian reports of "spreading 'false and damaging' reports." With this misleading information being leaked, the Vatican believes that the Italian media wanted to influence the cardinals that will be meeting in the secret concave to elect the new pope in a month. The pope's butler, Paolo Gabriele, was believed to have stolen the personal papal documents and given them to the media. Although convicted and jailed, Gabriele was pardoned by the pope and released. The article also discusses the pope's final farewells to Italy's president and he resignation that will take place on Thursday.
Philip Pullella, author of this article, uses logos to identify the facts regarding the misunderstandings between the Church and media. Although this article was short and lacked any quotations from the public or Church, it gave the specific information needed to understand the events in context.
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