Pope Francis Tackles Gossip

Here is yet another blog entry focused on Pope Francis that I never quite got around to, and so never posted. However, since I am on the subject of the pope today, it seems fitting to add this in.

Some really cool and impressive stuff with this particular pope, no?

Again, like the last post, apologies for the generally unfinished feel to the material below:




This pope is unlike any other that I have seen, or even known about. He is a reformer, and clearly, he takes this task very seriously.

Here is a pope that has second guessed some of the conventional thinking and practices of the Catholic Church, and who not only notices, but also feels uncomfortable with the paradox of the church's stated mission of providing help for the poor, then enjoying the excess wealth that the church has accumulated over the centuries. His discomfort is so strong and so real, that he has been quite vocal in his criticism of this paradox.

To top it all off, he has apparently had a long history of feeling uncomfortable with the easy access to wealth and luxury at the disposal of church officials such as himself.

This would be the point where our president Reagan would say, "There he goes again!"

Pope Nope February 13, 2015/ HBO

http://www.real-time-with-bill-maher-blog.com/index/2015/2/13/pope-nope




Gossip is a form of murder, Pope Francis reflects Vatican City, Sep 14, 2013 / 12:02 pm (CNA/EWTN News)

http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/gossip-is-a-form-of-murder-pope-francis-reflects/






Pope: The struggle to reject gossip 77     1199   Print 2013-04-09 Vatican Radio

http://www.news.va/en/news/pope-the-struggle-to-reject-gossip





Pope Francis: Gossip Is Poisonous (5776) In his Sunday Angelus message, the Holy Father reflects on the need for Christians to refrain from all forms of slander.  Tweet by KERRI LENARTOWICK/CNA 02/16/2014  Read more: http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/pope-francis-gossip-is-poisonous#ixzz3RoYDppsN


http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/pope-francis-gossip-is-poisonous




Pope to new cardinals: Put aside pride, jealousy and anger.  By NICOLE WINFIELD  20 hours ago

http://news.yahoo.com/pope-brings-peripheries-church-college-cardinals-095549173.html;_ylt=A0LEVzA7ieBUS.EAYo1XNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTEzanF2bThlBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDVklQMjgxXzEEc2VjA3Nj



Pope warns against mediocrity, gossip in Vatican by Nicole Winfield, AP, December 21, 2013:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/12/21/pope-christmas-address/4155829/