Quotes of the Day

Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone after unveiling an statue of late Pope John Paul II --brought from Rome by Bertone himself as a gift to the people of Santa Clara-- on February 23, 2008 in Santa Clara, Cuba
Wednesday, Apr. 14, 2010

Open quoteThis is a perverse strategy by the Vatican to shirk its own ethical and legal responsibility by making a spurious and disgusting connection.Close quote

  • ROLANDO JIMENEZ,
  • Chilean gay-rights activist, after Vatican leader Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone claimed that the church's sex-abuse crisis was linked to homosexuality and not celibacy among priests
Photo: Adalberto Roque / AFP / Getty Images | Source: Guardian