Pope pardons ex-butler who stole, leaked documents  Associated
Press SHARE  By NICOLE WINFIELD, Associated Press  VATICAN CITY
(AP) — Pope Benedict XVI granted his former butler a Christmas
pardon Saturday, forgiving him in person during a jailhouse
meeting for stealing and leaking his private papers in one of
the gravest Vatican security breaches in recent times.  After
the 15-minute meeting, Paolo Gabriele was freed and returned to
his Vatican City apartment where he lives with his wife and
three children. The Vatican said he couldn't continue living or
working in the Vatican, but said it would find him housing and a
job elsewhere soon.  "This is a paternal gesture toward someone
with whom the pope for many years shared daily life," according
to a statement from the Vatican secretariat of state.  The
pardon closes a painful and embarrassing chapter for the
Vatican, capping a sensational, Hollywood-like scandal that
exposed power struggles, intrigue and allegations of corruption
and homosexual liaisons in th