Wednesday, December 24, 2014

Pope gives Vatican leadership a withering critique

From The Boston Globe-

At the end of a tumultuous year for the Catholic Church, in which divisions among senior leadership over the direction being set by Pope Francis were at times glaringly apparent, the pontiff on Monday delivered a blistering critique of arrogance, careerism, gossip, and division in the Vatican.

Among other points, the pope denounced what he called “spiritual Alzheimer’s,” meaning “a progressive decline in spiritual faculties,” leading people to “build walls around themselves” and to make “idols” of their personal habits.


More here-

http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/world/2014/12/23/pope-francis-blasts-vatican-system-ahead-challenging/Tr9NI6WChVyP4uIGqI4dcP/story.html

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