“I don’t know if it will be better or worse, but I promise it will be less boring,” he quipped. “How many religious communities have been destroyed because of a spirit of gossip?” said Francis, adding that he was speaking from personal experience. It’s a message Francis has brought to ordinary parishes riven by divisions and to the top of the Catholic Church leadership. Francis’ final event of the day was a youth rally where he urged young people to respect their elders and keep listening to them. Afterward, Francis headed to the airport for the flight back to Rome and his traditional airborne news conference.

Source: thestar December 02, 2017 10:18 UTC