Pope Francis has said some in the conservative wing of the Roman Catholic Church had exploited the death of the former pope, Benedict, in an unethical way for their own gains
Speaking to reporters aboard the plane returning from a trip to Africa on Sunday, Francis also rejected claims by some conservative that Benedict, who died on Aug. 31, was embittered by some of current pope's decisions.
"I think the death of Benedict was instrumentalised by some people," he said, using the Italian phrase "guiding water to one's own mill", meaning people who want to benefit themselves at the expense of others. "Those people do not have ethics. They are people of a party, not of the Church," he said, in a conversation that included a condemnation of a law
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