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Catholic Church Literally Blames the Devil for Leaking Illegal Money Laundering Story

Posted by on Jun 19, 2012 in Separation of Church & Prostate | 3 comments

Responding to the controversy surrounding leaked Vatican documents full of damning evidence about the Catholic Church illegally laundering money and ohhhh I dunno, maybe something about the church having something to do with the disappearance and burial of a young girl in a mafia tomb, a Vatican spokesperson today literally blamed the devil for the leaks.

A senior Vatican official on Monday blamed the media — and the devil — for fueling the scandal over the butler who leaked Vatican documents. The Vatican secretary of state, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, told the Italian Catholic weekly Famiglia Cristiana that journalists reporting on the scandal were “pretending to be Dan Brown,” an author who has written novels about power struggles inside the Roman Catholic Church.

“The truth is that there’s a will to create division that comes from the devil,” Cardinal Bertone said.

Ah yes, the devil. Worth noting, Bertone’s position is not that the devil made the Catholic Church do all of the criminal things it stands accused of. No, that was all the church.

The devil just told journalists about it.

Funny, it sure sounds like the devil is working on the side of the angels on this one.

(via NYT)

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/EE47ROMXN4T2IPH7HEVH3XZXIE Shawn

    No surprise there.  If theres anything wrong with the people, blame it on the devil.  Take the easy way out!  

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Iam-Pauly/1272493011 Iam Pauly

    I’ve been using that excuse all my life… “the devil made me do it!”

  • robertbent4321

    The truth is jest that. You cant hide