Pope Francis, 86, spent four days in hospital last week for treatment for bronchitis after complaining of breathing difficulties.
“Any of us can slip up,” he told the inmates in a brief improvised homily.
“Many times we priests are rude,” Francis said in the homily of the morning Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on the day the Roman Catholic Church commemorates the birth of the priesthood.He said people seeking spiritual peace and tranquility in their lives would continue to keep their distance from the Church and view it with suspicion if they see it bogged down in internal disunity, finger-pointing and being coldly judgmental.This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
“Let’s think of the gentleness of priests. If people see even us as people who are dissatisfied and discontented old bachelors who criticize and point fingers, where else will they find harmony?” Francis asked. The pope is due to preside at two Good Friday services on the day Christians commemorate the crucifixion, including a Via Crucis service at Rome’s Colosseum.
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