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VATICAN CITY, MARCH 21, 2010 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI has always worked against the culture of silence in regard to the abuse committed by priests, says a Vatican spokesman.
Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, the director of the Vatican’s press office, said this Saturday to reporters regarding the Pope’s letter to Catholics in Ireland.
“Truth, awareness, pain, conversion, commitment,” these are the letter’s key words according to the Vatican spokesman.
Read more here: zenit.org/article-28709?l=english“It is a document that is not after excuses, it is honest, sincere,” Father Lombardi explained. “The pastoral letter remains very honestly and loyally focused on the Church, on the responsibilities of the members of the Church, on the sufferings inflicted on others and on not putting the problem elsewhere.”