Pope Francis has told Vatican bureaucrats to stop speaking ill of one another. A wheezing and congested sounding Francis urged the prelates instead to speak well of one another and undertake a humble examination of their own consciences in the Christmas holiday season.
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“A church community lives in joyful and fraternal harmony to the extent that its members walk in the life of humility, renouncing evil thinking and speaking ill of others,” Francis said. “Gossip is an evil that destroys social life, sickens people’s hearts and leads to nothing. The people say it very well: Gossip is zero.
Francis has long welcomed frank and open debates and even has welcomed criticism of his own work. But he has urged critics to After addressing the Vatican prelates, Francis issued a less critical address to the Vatican’s lay employees who gathered in the city state’s main audience hall along with their families. Francis thanked them for their service and urged them to make sure they take time to play with their children and visit grandparents.
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