killing, with the tongue…

Sep 3, 2013

Pope Francis certainly doesn’t mince his words when preaching the gospel. Yesterday, after his vacation, he returned to his early morning celebration of the Mass at Casa Santa Marta where he lives. In his homily he drew a parallel between the one who gossips and the murderer.

You can read a summary of his text at this link:

http://www.zenit.org/en/articles/pope-never-kill-your-neighbor-with-words

and watch a romereports summary at this link

http://www.romereports.com/palio/pope-resumes-morning-mass-at-santa-marta-dont-kill-others-with-your-tongue-english-10908.html#.UiYCSGQpbfg

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Greg O'Connell on September 4, 2013 at 3:38 am

And Francis just might be the guy to resuscitate with words too.
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