Pope Francis admonished Vatican bureaucrats against speaking ill of one another during his annual Christmas greetings, emphasizing the importance of humility and a sincere examination of conscience during the holiday season. He characterized gossip as a destructive force that poisons hearts and leads to nothing, urging them to cultivate a more joyful and fraternal atmosphere within the Curia.
Pope Francis told Vatican bureaucrats on Saturday to stop speaking ill of one another, as he once again used his annual Christmas greetings to admonish the backstabbing and gossiping among his closest collaborators.A wheezing and congested-sounding Francis, who just turned 88, urged the prelates instead to speak well of one another and undertake a humble examination of their own consciences in the Christmas holiday season.
But he has urged critics to tell it to his face, and not behind his back.Francis opened his address Saturday with a reminder of the devastation of the war in Gaza, where he said even his patriarch had been unable to enter due to Israeli bombing.'Yesterday, children have been bombed. This is cruelty, this is not war,' he said.
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