(Vatican Radio) On Thursday, July 26, Pope Benedict XVI received in audience the Commission
of Cardinals appointed to conduct the administrative inquiry into the leaking of confidential
information : Cardinal Julian Herranz, Cardinal Joseph Tomko, Cardinal Salvatore de
Giorgi, accompanied by the Rev. P. Louis Martignani OFM Cap., Secretary of that Commission,
and also the Examining Magistrate, Prof. Piero Antonio Bonnet, along with the Promoter
of Justice, Prof. Nicola Picardi, the Tribunal of Vatican City State.
The Holy
Father was informed of the conclusions reached by the Commission of Cardinals and
the progress of the pending criminal proceedings. He thanked them for the information
and asked the Vatican Judiciary to continue its work with diligence.
Also present
at the meeting; Archbishop Angelo Becciu, Substitute for General Affairs of the Secretariat
of State, the Rev. Monsignor Georg Gänswein, Secretary to the Holy Father, Dr. Domenico
Giani, Commander of the Vatican Gendarmerie, and Dr. Greg Burke, Communications Advisor
to the Secretariat of State.