Pope Francis to Curia: Merry Christmas, you power-hungry hypocrites

[New World Explorer]

VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Francis launched a blistering attack on the Vatican bureaucracy on Monday (Dec. 22), outlining a “catalog of illnesses” that plague the church’s central administration, including “spiritual Alzheimer’s” and gossipy cliques.

 

More here: http://www.religionnews.com/2014/12/22/pope-francis-curia-merry-christmas-power-hungry-hypocrites/

[PottersClay]

A house divided against itself is doomed to fall. What a contrast to the love that unites us.

[GStorrs46]

   Yes, I saw that on the news last night. Causes one to wonder where this may be leading. We may remember that

at the death of John Paul 1st speculation was rampid that he in fact was murdered. And why ? Because he is said

to have been determined to remove the corruption found in the Roman Curia. Interestingly, if I have my facts straight,

this has something to do with the last message of the children who saw visions of "Mary" at Fatima, Portugal. Could

Francis be trying to succeed where his  predecessor failed ? These messages where supposed to relate to the future

of the Church at this time.

 

                                                                                                                                                            GStorrs46

[MizPeg]

I read the article in the Washington Post. Kind of a shocker to see the pope castigate the veryu ones who support his office. But he was right on the money from what I've read and heard. Put that in your pipe and smoke it,   !!!!

[shali]

The news media is saying that 2015 is shaping up to be a struggle between the pope and the vatican administration. Will be interesting to see what comes of this - they could put putting the first nail in the coffin so to speak from within. If there are constact factions from within, the UN may deem the whole organization too unstable and volitile to keep around. The pope said that if anything, since his denouciation of the corruption within the vatican at the very beginning of his papacy that the vatican has dug it's heels in even more in rejection of what he's told them they need to fix.