Pope Francis has told several newly ordained priests never to refuse Baptism to anyone who asks for it.
Speaking after presiding at an ordination Mass at St Peter’s Basilica on April 26, the Pope also warned the newly ordained against being vain priests.
“A priest is ugly who lives for his own pleasure,” Pope Francis said, adding that such a priest “acts like a peacock”.
Francis also said priests should nourish God’s people with their homilies, while making sure they are not bored.
Ensure “that your homilies are not boring; that your homilies reach the heart of the people, because they come from your hearts,” he said.
“What you say to them is what you have in your heart.”
In Reconciliation, priests are called “to forgive, not to condemn”, the Pope said.