Before his surprise resignation this week, Pope Benedict XVI may have lead the Church into one more scandal. Benedict is reported to have personally signed off on the Vatican Bank's new president, German financier Ernst von Freyberg — new blood meant to head off recent financial scandals. A Church spokesperson was caught off-guard during the announcement of the new appointment today, however, when a reporter pointed out that von Freyberg chairs Blohm + Voss, a German firm that has supplied ships for the German military, reports the AP.