Pope Francis received members of the Union “St. Catherine of Siena” of School Missionaries on January 4 and delivered an address devoted to the themes of holiness, preparation, and friendliness.
In the course of the address, the Pope delivered several pointed warnings.
“Many times in my life I have encountered nuns with a vinegar face, and this is not friendly, this is not something that helps to attract people,” the Pope said. “Vinegar is ugly, and nuns with a vinegar face, let’s not say!”
“Speaking well and friendliness are necessary, and there is a great enemy of this, which is gossip,” the Pope continued. “Please, distance yourself from gossip. Gossip kills, gossip poisons. Please, no gossip among you, none. And to ask this of a woman is heroic, but come on, let’s go forward, and no gossip.”
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