1. Interview: ‘We have to get our act together’
Mgr Charles Scicluna knows the Pope personally and was one of the most senior figures in the
Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith at the Vatican, which deals with cases of sexual abuse
involving priests. He spoke to Steve Mallia about Benedict XVI and the controversy engulfing
the Church. (This interview was first published in The Sunday Times of April 11, 2010) What
does Pope Benedict’s visit to Malta mean to you? I see it as an opportunity to renew my faith,
because the Pope is a focal point of our experience of faith in Jesus Christ… Being Catholic is
being part of a great community and the Pope is the focal point of Catholic unity. Popes Paul VI,
John Paul II and Benedict XVI have always gone on these journeys in a pastoral spirit. When
Benedict visited Australia the newspapers there forgot the very negative coverage they had
served up in the days immediately before the visit. The headline on the Sydney Herald read: ‘A
tsunami of faith and joy’. The experience was extraordinary. Some people would argue that this
Pope is considerably less popular than his predecessor. He has a different charisma. I was at a
supper with Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger at the home of an…
timesofmalta.com
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