The Vatican reportedly purchased luxury headquarters worth £21million on a Rome apartment block above ‘Europe’s largest gay sauna.’
Cardinal Ivan Dias is likely to be redder than most as he prepares to cast his votes for a new Pope to replace Benedict XVI.
The 76-year-old currently resides in a plush 12-room first-floor apartment in the complex.
A further 18 flats houses dozens of priests from the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples which is responsible for missionary activities.
It appears they were not unaware of the steamy activities going on underneath their feet when the purchase happened in 2008.
‘Italy’s best known gay sauna in the premises is an embarrassment,’ noted La Repubblica newspaper who splashed the story across its front page on Monday.
The popular Europa Multiclub Sauna and Gym is widely regarded as ‘the number one gay sauna in Italy’.
Their website features a video promoting one of its special ‘bear nights’ in which a man strips down to a thong before changing into a priests outfit.
The Vatican declined to comment on the reports.
Meanwhile, a spoof job listing for the Pope has been removed from LinkedIn after it attracted interest from around 30 applicants interested in becoming the next leader of the Catholic Church.
- Metro
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