Book by Benedict’s top aide reveals tensions in Vatican

  VATICAN CITY --- Although Pope Francis often compared having former Pope Benedict living in the Vatican to having a grandfather in the house, a book by Benedict's closest aide shows what he says were strains while two men wearing white lived in the tiny city-state. Benedict was buried on Thursday and hours after the funeral in St. Peter's Square an Italian publishing house began sending journalists advance copies of the 330-page "Nothing But The Truth - My Life Beside Benedict XVI", by Archbishop Georg Ganswein. Ganswein, 66, was Benedict's personal secretary from 2003, when Benedict was still Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, and remained as his side for nearly 20 years unt...

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