The editor of the Vatican newspaper told journalists at the Foreign Press Club in Rome Monday that he thinks charges of a conspiracy or a plot against the Vatican are ridiculous.<\/p>\n
But Giovanni Maria Vian said he does believe there\u2019s a \u201ccampaign\u201d against the Catholic Church, with so many stories about sex abuse in the media.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis news helps sell (papers); that\u2019s the first key to the campaign,\u201d Vian said. \u201cThen there\u2019s anti-Catholic hostility.\u201d<\/p>\n
Vian, a university professor who took over the Osservatore Romano under Pope Benedict \u2013 and actually managed to make it a readable newspaper \u2013 joked with a reporter from the New York Times when she identified herself and said, \u201cDon\u2019t shoot at me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Vian responded laughing, \u201cYou\u2019re the ones shooting at us.\u201d<\/p>\n
He defended Benedict, and said the German cases accusing the pope of mishandling sex abuse by clergy were old stories that had been \u201cdug up again.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe media campaign will continue; there will be more rehashing of old cases until the readers get bored,\u201d he said. \u201cBut the Vatican will not forget the victims. Their lives have been ruined.\u201d<\/p>\n
Vian said he last saw the Pope on Friday, and that Benedict appeared serene and tranquil, as usual.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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