Pope Franics has admitted that there is 'corruption in the Vatican', and has called clerical sexual abuse an 'illness'. The Pope's comments were made to representatives of Catholic men's
religious orders in Novemeber, and were published yesterday in the
Italian daily Corriere della Sera, RNS reports.
'There is corruption in the Vatican. But I'm at peace...If there is a problem, I write a note to St. Joseph and put it under a statue that I have in my room. It is a statue of St. Joseph sleeping. And now he sleeps on a mattress of notes!'
http://www.christiantoday.com/article/there.is.corruption.in.the.vatican.says.pope.calls.clerical.sex.abuse.an.illness/104588.htm
'There is corruption in the Vatican. But I'm at peace...If there is a problem, I write a note to St. Joseph and put it under a statue that I have in my room. It is a statue of St. Joseph sleeping. And now he sleeps on a mattress of notes!'
http://www.christiantoday.com/article/there.is.corruption.in.the.vatican.says.pope.calls.clerical.sex.abuse.an.illness/104588.htm