Browsing: Pope Francis

The Catholic pontiff talked about the pride-filled clergy, which has become like a pandemic across creeds. He warned that pride and self-interest are harmful to the spiritual lives of church leaders and consequently corrupts the church’s purpose. He was worried that this unbecoming attitude is capable of tainting the church. Even as the warning is being delivered, the deed has already been done.

“In order to respond adequately to the needs of the Church throughout the world,” Pope Francis said on Tuesday, “it appeared evident that the penal discipline promulgated by St John Paul II on Jan. 25, 1983 in the Code of Canon Law needed to be revised.”