Pope's author rights go to Vatican publisher

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Wed June 1, 2005 4:56 PM GMT+05:30

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict, who wrote dozens of books before he was elected, has appointed the Vatican's publishing house to look after his author's rights for past and future works, the Vatican said on Wednesday.

A statement said the decision would not affect contracts that the former Cardinal Jospeh Ratzinger engaged with other publishing houses before his election in April.

It said the Vatican's publishing house, called the Libreria Editrice Vaticana, would oversee existing contracts with other publishers who have already printed Ratzinger's works.

The Pope was head of the Vatican's doctrinal department, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, for more than two decades and he wrote many theological works and an autobiography while he held that position.

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