Vatican to Berlusconi: Politicians must be moral

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Reuters

Vatican to Berlusconi: Politicians must be moral
Comments come as prime minister is under fire for allegedly paying a teen for sex and then using his office to cover it up
By Philip Pullella
Reuters
updated 1 hour 45 minutes ago 2011-01-20T19:18:14

ROME — The Vatican on Thursday finally weighed in on the latest sex scandal shaking the government of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, saying Italian politicians must show "robust morality."

Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the Vatican's secretary of state and second only to Pope Benedict in the Roman Catholic Church hierarchy, said the Vatican was "particularly worried" about the impact the scandal was having on Italy.

Bertone, speaking on the sidelines of a church event, was asked about an investigation of Berlusconi by magistrates who suspect he paid a 17-year-old prostitute and other women for sex at parties in his villa near Milan.

"The Church pushes and invites everyone, above all those who hold public responsibility in any administrative, political and judicial area, to be committed to a more robust morality, a sense of justice and lawfulness," he said.



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[brooklynite]

1. Vatican Officials, not so much...

http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2011/01/19/the-smoking-gun/

[hedgehog]

2. Oh, my. I guess irony must not translate to the Latin!

[Joanne98]

3. LOL

[Voice for Peace]

4. If WE have to be moral, you guys have to be moral too

[ananda]

5. LOLOLOL!

That was funny, the pope telling anyone that they should be moral.

[cate94]

6. Do as I say,

not as I do.

[HankyDubs]

7. really

this brought a tear to my eye. It's great to see that the Rat pope has such a good sense of humor.

[nyy1998]

8. LMFAO, the irony is so rich

[keepCAblue]

9. Pot, meet kettle. Kettle, meet. pot... n/t

[Kelvin Mace]

12. Scaphium. Catillus. Niger. n/t

[Kelvin Mace]

10. What is the Latin for

"Are you fucking kidding me?"

[somone]

11. i.e. make sure they're legal age

[saras]

13. It's not the 'teen' or the 'sex' he objects to, it's the 'paid' part

If you go setting an example like that, folks might expect *priests* to start paying for it.
I mean, priests don't make all that much money, and that's cutting directly into the Pope's profit margin.