Vatican watchers said they had never heard such a powerful, violent speech from a pope and suggested that it was informed by the results of a secret investigation ordered up by Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI in the aftermath of the 2012 leaks of his papers. Francis told cardinals, bishops and priests on Monday the Vatican was riven with existential schizophrenia, social exhibitionism, spiritual Alzheimers and a lust for power, all of which made for an orchestra that plays out of tune. The Curia is called on to always improve itself and grow in communion, holiness and knowledge to fulfill its mission, Francis said. But even it, as any human body, can suffer from ailments, dysfunctions, illnesses. In a speech that was met with tepid applause when it ended, the pope listed one by one the 15 Ailments of the Curia that he had drawn up, complete with footnotes and Biblical references. The Catholic pope started off his list with the ailment of feeling immortal, immune or even indispensable.
Posted on: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 03:41:15 +0000
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