VATICAN CITY
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In an interview with Italian Pauline magazine “Famiglia Cristiana”, Cardinal Bertone speaks about the Vatican document leak and IOR scandals: “There is no sign of any cardinals being involved or of disputes between clerics”
Andrea Tornielli
Vatican City
The Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the Pope’s main collaborator spoke again about the Vatican leak scandal following his visit to Poland, where he “experienced a totally different climate from the foul play and lies spread in recent months.” He did so in a long interview with Fr. Antonio Sciortino, director of Italian Pauline magazine Famiglia Cristiana.
“We are facing difficult times. None of us intends to hide the shadows and defects of the Church. Te Holy Father continues to invite all of us, starting with those with roles of responsibility to change their lives around. Not just by purifying our behaviour but also through our increased dedication to doing good.” But Bertone also pointed out that “we find ourselves in an Italian context which is spread universally, to parts of the world where the echoes are muted. Other countries find it difficult to understand the fierceness of certain Italian newspapers.” According to the Secretary of State, abroad “one gets a better idea of how the publication of a number of letters and documents sent to the Holy Father by people who have a right to privacy, constitutes – as we have stressed a number of times – an immoral act of unprecedented gravity. It is an offense against a right which is explicitly recognized by the Italian constitution, which should be severely observed and enforced.”
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