Wednesday, December 27, 2017

Pope Francis Berates the Roman Curia In His Pre-Christmas Address


Pope Francis addresses members of the Roman Curia on Dec. 21, 2017
Photo courtesy: Vatican News

Like some other years in the recent past, Pope Francis addressed the Roman Curia (Vatican's bureaucratic officials under him) and greeted them. At the same time, he did not lose the opportunity to publicly remind them of their failings as well as their resistance to his reforms. 

Pope Francis, in his address, rebuked the ''traitors'' among the Curia members and also "unbalanced and debased mindset of plots and small cliques." He also mentioned that some Vatican bureaucratic officials "when they are quietly sidelined, wrongfully declare themselves martyrs of the system" rather than acknowledging their own failures.

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Previous Christmas Addresses of Pope Francis 
to the Roman Curia:

2013: 


2014:


2015:


2016:


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