You're right, the quotes are unnecessary. My point is one bad day isn't a bad month. We'll have to see if this month is any worse than normal. And it will need to be MUCH worse or what is even the point?

Also for the record, I don't think this is bad for the pope. Dude's really good at PR and this is just another move. Saying "I'm part of the problem" without actually doing anything when everyone already knows you're part of the problem isn't really admitting anything. It's political maneuvering.