IRELAND
Irish Independent
30 JULY 2013
When it comes to reporting on the Vatican, there are two constants these days: a whiff of sulphur around the Pope’s bank and the alleged presence of a so-called gay lobby at the heart of the church’s central administration.
Just as Pope Francis, below, flew to Brazil to celebrate World Youth Day with an estimated 3.2 million young Catholics, the respected Italian magazine ‘l’Espresso’ carried the front page headline ‘La lobby gay’ about the Vatican.
You don’t have to be a scholar of Italian to work it out.
It is not surprising, then, that when the Pope held an impromptu press conference on board his plane on his way back from Brazil, the issue came up.
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