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Ex-pope Benedict wants name removed from controversial book: aide

Pope Benedict XVI finishes his last general audience in St Peter's Square at the Vatican February 27, 2013.

Former Pope Benedict wants his name removed as co-author of a controversial book on the issue of priestly celibacy, his personal secretary said on Tuesday.

Archbishop Georg Ganswein told Reuters that, at the former pope’s behest, he had asked the principal author of the book, Cardinal Robert Sarah, to contact the publishers and make the necessary changes.

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