「魔鬼的尾巴正在瓦解公教世界。撒旦的黑暗已進入及在公教會內擴展，甚至到了它的頂峰。背教——信仰的失落——正在世界傳播，並進入了教會最高的階層。
(“The tail of the devil is functioning in the disintegration of the Catholic world. The darkness of Satan has entered and spread throughout the Catholic Church even to its summit. Apostasy, the loss of the faith, is spreading throughout the world and into the highest levels within the Church.")」
–教宗真福保祿六世。1977年10月13日。刊於意大利報紙 “Corriere della Sera" 1977年10月14日，第7頁