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'Gay lobby' in the Vatican, says Pope Francis
• http://www.telegraph.co, By Tom Kington, Rome The Pontiff supposedly made the claim during an audience last Thursday at the Vatican with a group of Latin American priests and nuns.
"Yes, it is difficult," he reportedly said. "In the Curia there are holy people, truly holy people. But there is also a current of corruption, also there is, it is true ... they speak of a 'gay lobby' and that is true, it is there ... we will have to see what we can do."
A Vatican spokesman declined to comment on the statement, which was reported by the Chilean Catholic website, Reflexion y Liberation. "This was a private meeting held by the Pope and I will not comment on private meetings," said Fr Federico Lombardi.
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