“Paedophilia, homosexuality and violations of celibacy... will be an immense challenge for the new pope,” Father Tadeusz Isakowicz-Zaleski declared in an interview with business news source money.pl.
The priest argued that such scandals represent “not just one of the problems, but the main and the greatest issue.
“It will be extremely difficult for him,” Isakowicz-Zaleski reflected.
“Only when he gets to view all the confidential reports will he see how difficult a task lies before him,” the priest said.
“I do not envy him... Francis can be the greatest pastor in the world, but if you are not able to deal with the Curia, then nothing will change,” he said.
Father Isakowicz-Zaleski is regarded as an uncompromising figure within the Polish Church, a factor that has won him both committed supporters and enemies.
One of the so-called “Solidarity priests,” he was twice beaten up by communist security services during the 1980s.
In 2007, he published a book about collaboration between Polish clergyman and the Cold War era secret services, causing a backlash from elements within the Church.
The priest argued that such scandals represent “not just one of the problems, but the main and the greatest issue.
“It will be extremely difficult for him,” Isakowicz-Zaleski reflected.
“Only when he gets to view all the confidential reports will he see how difficult a task lies before him,” the priest said.
“I do not envy him... Francis can be the greatest pastor in the world, but if you are not able to deal with the Curia, then nothing will change,” he said.
Father Isakowicz-Zaleski is regarded as an uncompromising figure within the Polish Church, a factor that has won him both committed supporters and enemies.
One of the so-called “Solidarity priests,” he was twice beaten up by communist security services during the 1980s.
In 2007, he published a book about collaboration between Polish clergyman and the Cold War era secret services, causing a backlash from elements within the Church.
