Cardinal Bertone says Pope Benedict XVI suffered greatly on account of the ills that plague the Church

In his speech stepping down as Secretary of State Cardinal Bertone spoke of the personal suffering of Pope Benedict XVI caused by the ills plaguing the Church and most especially the dreadful crime of child sex abuse by clergy:

Pope Emeritus Benedict “suffered greatly on account of the ills that plagued the church, and for this reason he gave her new legislation in order to strike out decisively the shameful phenomenon of pedophilia among the clergy, without forgetting the initiation of new rules in economic and administrative matters”.  (more...)

Cardinal Bertone says Pope Benedict XVI suffered greatly on account of the ills that plague the Church