Arrivée de Benoît XVI à Lisbonne : la plus grande souffrance de l'Église est son péché
Le pape assure que la plus grande souffrance de l'Église est son péché
Le pape Benoît XVI a déclaré mardi que la plus grande souffrance de l'Église était son péché, alors que lui-même et l'Église sont confrontés au scandale de la pédophilie au sein du clergé depuis novembre.
" Nous l'avons toujours su, mais nous voyons aujourd'hui de façon beaucoup plus terrifiante que la plus grande persécution de l'Église ne vient pas d'ennemis extérieurs, mais naît du péché de l'Église", a affirmé le pape dans l'avion qui le conduisait au Portugal.
"Les attaques contre l'Église et le pape ne viennent pas seulement de l'extérieur, les souffrances viennent de l'intérieur de l'Église, du péché qui existe dans l'Église", a souligné le pape devant la presse. L'Église a "un profond besoin d'apprendre le pardon et aussi la nécessité de la justice" a poursuivi Benoît XVI, soulignant : "Le pardon ne remplace pas la justice."
Benoît XVI répondait à une question à propos de la cascade de révélations sur des crimes de pédophilie commis par des prêtres et religieux qui éclabousse l'Église en Europe, mais aussi en Amérique du Nord et latine depuis plusieurs mois. Le pape a exhorté à "réapprendre ce qui est essentiel" : "la conversion, la prière, la pénitence et les vertus théologales, foi, espérance, charité."
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Pope Benedict XVI arrives from his helicopter to get into a plane for his pastoral visit to Portugal at Fiumicino international airport in Rome May 11, 2010
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Pope Benedict XVI waves aboard his plane as he leaves for his pastoral visit to Portugal at Fiumicino international airport in Rome May 11, 2010
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Pope Benedict XVI waves aboard his plane as he leaves for his pastoral visit to Portugal at Fiumicino international airport in Rome May 11, 2010.
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Pope Benedict XVI waves as he boards his flight to Portugal at Fiumicino airport in Rome May 11, 2010.
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A man holds flags during preparations for the arrival of Pope Benedict XVI mass to Praça do Comercio in Lisbon, on May 10, 2010
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Pope Benedict XVI speaks to reporters on a plane on his way to Portugal May 11, 2010. Pope Benedict said on Tuesday during his flight to Portugal the crisis of sexual abuse of children by priests should make the Church acknowledge the "terrifying" truth that its greatest threat comes not from outside enemies but from "sin within the Church".
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Pope Benedict XVI talks to journalists during a press conference aboard the airplane, Tuesday, May 11, 2010
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Pope Benedict XVI, left, flanked by Vatican spokesperson Father Federico Lombardi, greets the journalists at the end of a press conference aboard the airplane, Tuesday, May 11, 2010
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An Alitalia plane carrying Pope Benedict XVI descends for landing at Lisbon airport May 11, 2010
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Pope Benedict XVI leaves his plane upon arriving at Lisbon airport May 11, 2010.
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Pope Benedict XVI, center, is saluted by military guards upon his arrival at Portela Airport, in Lisbon, Tuesday, May 11, 2010
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Pope Benedict XVI is greeted by Portugal's President Anibal Cavaco Silvaupon at Lisbon airport at the start of his four-day pastoral visit to Portugal May 11, 2010.
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Portugal's President Anibal Cavaco Silva shows the way to Pope Benedict XVI upon his arrival at Lisbon airport May 11, 2010.
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Pope Benedict XVI waves next to Portugal's President Anibal Cavaco Silva, right, after arriving at Lisbon military base for a four-day trip to Portugal on Tuesday, May 11, 2010
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Pope Benedict XVI adjusts his microphones as he delivers a speech upon arrival at Lisbon airport at the start of his four-day pastoral visit to Portugal May 11, 2010. May 11, 2010
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Pope Benedict XVI is greeted by Portugal's President Anibal Cavaco Silva upon his arrival at Lisbon airport May 11, 2010.
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Pope Benedict XVI talks with Portugal's President Anibal Cavaco Silva upon arriving at Lisbon airport at the start of his four-day pastoral visit to Portugal May 11, 2010
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Pope Benedict XVI delivers his speech next to Portugal's President Anibal Cavaco Silva upon his arrival at Lisbon airport May 11, 2010
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Pope Benedict XVI is greeted by bishops upon arrival at Lisbon airport at the start of his four-day pastoral visit to Portugal May 11, 2010
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Pope Benedict XVI waves from his popemobile as he leaves Lisbon airport at the start of his four-day pastoral visit to Portugal May 11, 2010
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