Pope blames devil for Church divisions, scandals, seeks angel's help

The Church has recently been hit by one sexual abuse scandal after another, from Germany, to the United States, to Chile. [Photo, Reuters]

The devil is alive and well and working overtime to undermine the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis says.

In fact, the pope is so convinced that Satan is to blame for the sexual abuse crisis and deep divisions racking the Church that he has asked Catholics around the world to recite a special prayer every day in October to try to beat him back.