Among more than one hundred prelates in the papal household, Monsignor Giovanni Musante, 53, was one of the elite. A staunch theological conservative, he had worked loyally for more than a decade in the vicariate of Rome, which governs the Pope's own diocese, and was a member of the Vatican's litur gical commission; a year ago, on the occasion of his 25th anniversary to the priesthood, Musante was given a title reserved for the privileged few: chaplain to the Pope. Last week the Vatican reluctantly admitted that Monsignor Mu sante had gone...
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