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VATICAN CITY - The Vaticans number 2 accused the media on Monday of trying to imitate Dan Brown in their coverage of the VatiLeaks scandal and said the Roman Catholic Churchs latest travails were part of the Devils attempt to destabilize it.
The interview with Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, who ranks second only to Pope Benedict in the Vaticans hierarchy, was the latest attempt at damage control by senior Vatican officials since the leaks scandal began in January.
In a rare interview with the Italian Catholic magazine Famiglia Cristiana, Bertone, the Vaticans secretary of state, accused the media of intentionally ignoring the good things the Church does while dwelling on scandals.
Many journalists are playing the game of trying to imitate Dan Brown, said Bertone, referring to the best-selling author of novels such as The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons. ....................(more)
The complete piece is at: http://www.torontosun.com/2012/06/18/recent-church-travails-satans-work-popes-number-2-says
At least we now know where the Devil has been for the last few years, he was the Pope's butler.
That Lucifer, he'll do just about anything to get a rise out of the church...
tanyev
(42,558 posts)UTUSN
(70,695 posts)TlalocW
(15,382 posts)If the Devil is behind Vatileaks, do you care to assign blame to any of his minions on the Vatican's policy of protecting kid-fucking priests?
TlalocW
yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)The Magistrate
(95,247 posts)One wonders where he could have got that idea. The partnership between those two entities was sealed long ago; the political activities of the Church at present is more than enough to make that obvious, if the pedophile clergy of the last several decades has been insufficient to make the fact clear.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,316 posts)Remind me which entity has lists of venal sins, mortal sins, systems of confessions, and everlasting damnation for those with an unrepented mortal sin on their ledger ...