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Pope Francis, Friday, likened a person who gossips to “a terrorist who throws a bomb,” telling his followers that sowing divisions is a sickness within the Catholic Church.
Speaking during his homily at his Santa Marta residence, Francis criticized people who think gossip is harmless.
“Gossiping is like terrorism because the person who gossips is like a terrorist who throws a bomb and runs away, destroying,” he said. “With their tongue they are destroying and not making peace.”
The pontiff went further in his description of the “cunning” gossip, whom he said is “not a suicide bomber” because he takes good care of himself.
Francis called people to question whether they sow peace when they speak, telling them to bite their tongues if they feel the urge to spread divisions among people. Continue reading
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