Saw pain on pope's face on abuse - Bono

(ANSA) - Vatican City, September 19 - U2 frontman Bono said after meeting Pope Francis Wednesday that he had seen the "pain on the pope's face" about Irish clerical sex abuse cases.
    Bono, who was in the Vatican to support the pontifical foundation Scholas Occurrentes, said "we spoke with the pope about what is happening in the Church in Ireland.
    "I told him about the feeling that the abusers were protected more than the abused.
    "I saw the pain on his face, he seems a sincere man to me".
    Bono called Francis "an extraordinary man for extraordinary times", referring to the anguish in the Church over the sex abuse scandals worldwide.
    The singer also said they had discussed "the future of trade and how to promote sustainable development".
    He cited the 'green' encyclical Laudato si' and described the pope's approach as "very innovative".
    Bono said: "we discussed micro and macro, changes that have to come at a local level, and how to revise the wild beats that is capitalism, which is not immoral but amoral, and needs our commitment".