The Gateway Pundit writes, Vatican denies gay lobby forced the pope to resign. The Vatican lashed out at the liberal media for false reporting and for trying to influence the upcoming election of the next pope. The AP reported: The Vatican lashed out Saturday at the media for what it said has been a run of defamatory and false reports before the conclave to elect Pope Benedict XVI’s successor, saying they were an attempt to influence the election. Italian newspapers have been rife with unsourced reports in recent days about the contents of a secret dossier prepared for the pope by three cardinals who investigated the…