World News - WikiLeaks releases details of Pope intervention in condom controversy.

World News on Jan 31, 2019 Wikileaks releases details of Pope Francis's intervention in Knights of Malta condom controversy… sparking rumours Julian Assange's organisation is set to reveal Vatican secrets
•Documents published online show Pope Francis intervening in condom row
•WikiLeaks released private letters by Pope to cardinal over Knights of Malta
•Medieval order supported distributing condoms in Africa to prevent disease
•Letters reveal Francis undermined Order's independence, according to critics
The unprecedented and public dispute between the Vatican and the Knights was seen by Holy See watchers as a proxy war between Church liberals and conservatives, led by American cardinal Raymond Burke.
The Pope wrote in his letter to Cardinal Raymond Burke: 'I would be very disappointed if ‒ as you told me ‒ some of the high Officers were aware of practices such as the distribution of any type of contraceptive and have not yet intervened to end such things.' The pontiff's intervention was seen by his critics as undermining the Knights of Malta's sovereignty and independence.His letter, which was published by WikiLeaks yesterday, shows the Pope was aware of and involved in the dispute since at least November 2016 when he met with the traditionalist Cardinal Burke.