Secretary of State VaticanPietro Parolin, admitted this Friday in Fatima, Portugal that there are cases pederasty in the Catholic Church that “it will not be solved, and things in the future that will not be solved either,” local media reported.

Parolin said this at a press conference held at the Sanctuary of Fatima on the occasion of a mass pilgrimage scheduled for this weekend, where he added that he was “a daily witness to the work of the Pope to increasing transparencyaccording to the Portuguese media. espresso.

With regard to a study published in February on the extent of pedophilia in the Portuguese Catholic Church, which is more than 4800 crime victims that have occurred over the past 70 years, he assured that the Vatican is closely following this case, and reminded that the institution is working to prevent future abuses.

“This is a path that must be marked with truth and transparency.. The Holy See has received this information, it knows what happened, but the decisions are made by the local church,” the cardinal said.

The position of the Portuguese Episcopal Conference has been widely criticized in the country, including by Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, since left it up to each bishop to decide whether or not to separate priests indicated in this study conducted by a panel of experts after a year of work.

Parolin in Fatima at the celebration of the anniversary of the first appearance of the Virgin to some children in 1917 – according to Catholic tradition – also responded to the controversy caused in Portugal the high cost of building a stage and an altar for the final Mass of World Youth Day (scheduled for August this year in the country), which was finally revised down.

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“This news happens often. They do not make us happy, they cause sadness and suffering,” he said, to which he added that “many works” will remain for the local community.

Unconfirmed meeting between Zelensky and the Pope

He did not want to confirm whether the meeting of the Ukrainian president, Vladimir Zelensky and Pope Francis this Saturday, taking advantage of the fact that both will meet in Rome, we will continue espresso.

“Until this morning, there was nothing. There may have been some progress between them, but nothing has been confirmed,” Parolin replied.

Nor did he give details of the Pope’s visit to Portugal during world youth daywhich will take place between the cities of Lisbon and Loures in the first week of August.

The celebration of this catholic macro event, which waiting for the arrival of more than a million believers, also marked the usual May pilgrimage to the sanctuary of Fatima. (EFE)