Some Peruvi­ans, howeve­r, did not find it funny compar­ing a 'gossip­ing nun' to member­s of a guerri­lla groupLIMA: Pope Francis brought down the house, or more precisely the church, on Sunday when he addressed cloistered nuns who were given special permission to leave their convents to see him. Later in his talk to the nuns gathered in a Lima church, he sent a long-distance greeting to four cloistered nuns in his native Buenos Aires. He also urged them not to succumb to gossiping in their convents, comparing it to “terrorism” – something he regularly tells priests and nuns on his global travels. “You know what a gossiping nun is?” he asked. An editor of a local online newspaper said on Twitter he thought the cases of sex abuse by Catholic priests had more to do with “terrorism” than gossiping nuns.

Source: The Express Tribune January 21, 2018 18:45 UTC