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Pope Francis

13/9/2020

 
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“Gossip is a plague worse than Covid” asserting that while speaking ill of others comes almost naturally, it is a tool of the devil to divide the Church.A couple of weeks ago commenting on the Sunday Gospel reading about Jesus telling his disciples what to do when a member of the community errs and requires correction, Pope Francis said that rather than helping others to mend his or her ways, “when we see a mistake, a fault, a slip, in that brother and sister, usually the first thing we do is to go and recount it to others – to gossip.”
Gossiping sows division, he told people gathered in Saint Peter’s Square for the recitation of the Angelus prayer.
“The great gossiper is the devil, who always goes around recounting bad things about others, because he is a liar who seeks to divide the Church, to distance brothers and sisters and not create community,” the Pope said.
“Please, brothers and sisters, let us make an effort not to gossip,” he said. “Let’s try: no gossip, no gossip.”



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