Clerical abuse of power amounts to
weapons-grade violence, Pope Francis told the Roman Curia
Thursday.
"There is not only violence of weapons, there is verbal
violence, psychological violence, the violence of the abuse of
power, the violence of hidden chatter that does so much harm,
destroys so much," Francis told the Curia, which comprises the
administrative institutions of the Holy See and the central body
through which the affairs of the Catholic Church are conducted.
"Each and every one does not take advantage of one's position
and role to mortify others," Francis went on.
"Mercy is accepting that the other can also have his limits.
"Even in this case it is right to admit that people and
institutions, precisely because they are human, are also
limited. "A pure Church for the pure is only the revival of the
Cathar heresy," the Argentine pontiff added in his Christmas
greetings to the Curia.
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