Pope blasts priests attached to cash

(ANSA) - Vatican City, November 6 - Pope Francis on Friday said that it was sad to see clergymen, including senior figures, "attached to money" and material goods. This week the Catholic Church was hit by the so-called VatiLeaks 2 scandal and the related publication of two books documenting allegedly waste and lavish spending by clergymen. "There are people within the Church who, instead of serving, of thinking of others and laying down foundations, serve themselves from the Church," the pope said in his homily during Mass at the Santa Marta residence.