I see abortion as evil without the slightest bit of trouble, but that's the taking of a life, cloning seems to be the opposite.
The Pope, however has a 'listen to me' problem when he makes any pronouncements, and the problem is that he is not viewed as having employed the same vigor in confronting the pederasty scandal in the midst of his own Church.
Maybe I missed it, but I don't remember an elaborate missive issued by the Pope himself addressing this issue with the kind of vigor it needed. The only thing I remember is him saying something to the effect that harming the young was bad, and I'm paraphrasing obviously, because when he does speak, he speaks eloquently. I don't think he realizes, perhaps because he's ill, the blow the Church took with the revelations of pederasty. It is not just another sin, and while I may not be a fan of Corsi's hyperbole concerning this issue, the points he made are not very easy to dispute.
There is a rotting from within, that I'm not sure they can turn around any time too soon.