sourpuss - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 13 May 2013 03:53:33 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg sourpuss - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Pope Francis: Don't look like a pickled pepper https://cathnews.co.nz/2013/05/14/pope-francis-dont-look-like-a-pickled-pepper/ Mon, 13 May 2013 19:03:12 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=44111 Pope Francis has told Christians to be joyful and not have a face that looks like "a pickled pepper". Joy, he said, is a "pilgrim virtue" that moves Christians to journey out into the world, preaching the Gospel and proclaiming Christ. But when Christians have more of a sourpuss than a face that communicates the Read more

Pope Francis: Don't look like a pickled pepper... Read more]]> Pope Francis has told Christians to be joyful and not have a face that looks like "a pickled pepper".

Joy, he said, is a "pilgrim virtue" that moves Christians to journey out into the world, preaching the Gospel and proclaiming Christ.

But when Christians have more of a sourpuss than a face that communicates the joy of being loved by God, they harm the witness of the Church.

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