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Vatican City, Jul 13, 2014 / 05:49 pm (CNA).- The Vatican spokesperson said that Pope’s words reported in an article in the Italian newspaper “La Repubblica” cannot be considered with certainty Pope Francis words.
Fr. Federico Lombardi of the Holy See Press Office pointed out “explicit acknowledgment” of making “a manipulation for naive readers” in the interview.
“La Repubblica” published July 13 an article by his founder Eugenio Scalfari, reporting about a conversation he had with Pope Francis July 10.
The conversation is about the two hot topics of mafia and clergy sex abuses on minors, which Pope Francis recently dealt with.
“Pedophilia, Mafia: the Church, the people of God, priests, community, will be entrusted, among other things, of these very important issues,” Pope Francis reportedly said.
Pope Francis met with victims of clergy sex abuse in the Vatican July 7, asking forgiveness to the victims for the abuses and for the omissions of the hierarchy; and reiterated the excommunication to Mafia people July 5, during his one day trip to the small diocese of Cassano all’Jonio, Calabria, Southern Italy, in one of the territories most infiltrated by Mafia people.
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