Pope: How many scandals in the Church because of money. Swindlers … – Gazeta.pl

The ceremonies and meetings with Francis attended by tens of thousands of the faithful.

In a meeting with clergy in the Cathedral of Naples the Pope said: – How many scandals in the Church is due to the priests who do not have the spirit of poverty and engage in business, how much is missing freedom because of the money.

He drew attention to the attitude of the clergy to one where it does not tell the truth to some people, because they are the benefactors. These priests, he added, they are not free, because they are too attached to the money these people.

recommending a priest and nuns living in accordance with the “spirit of poverty”, warned: – When the Church enters kombinatorstwo, is wrong. Swindlers: no! We need the spirit of poverty.

“The theory of gender”? Francis: The mistake of the mind

In the Neapolitan Basilica Del Gesu Nuovo Francis met with the sick, and then on the waterfront with 100 thousands of young people.

Speaking to them, he said that there is a phenomenon of “ideological colonization of the family”. – It is in Europe and also comes from overseas, these methods, proposals and mistake of the human mind, which is the theory of gender, which causes a lot of confusion, and the family is under attack – he said.

In the morning, the Piazza del Plebiscito Francis said Mass, which was attended by over 60 thousand. humans. In his homily, he appealed to the conversion of the criminal world to “love and justice.”

Francis appealed to the people of Naples, struggling with the Mafia crime: – Dear Neapolitans, do not let the steal of hope, do not yield to the temptation of easy earnings and unfair revenue. What is bread for today, hunger tomorrow. Opposed to the organizations that use and corrupt the young, the poor and the weak cynical drug trafficking and other crimes.

Then he turned to the people of the Camorra – the criminals and all their shareholders Church repeats: convert to love and to justice . Allow me to find God’s mercy. With the grace of God, who forgives all, it is possible to return to an upright life.

– Today begins the spring, and spring brings hope. This is the day of liberation for Naples – the Pope said in his homily repeatedly acclaimed. He argued that the mere fact that it is hoped, is to resist evil.

After the Mass, the Pope went to prison Poggioreale to meet with prisoners and a dinner with a group of about 100 prisoners, among whom there were 10 transsexuals . Italian media revealed that initially the program of the visit was not dinner Francis in jail, but the Pope insisted on there just to eat.

tolerate corruption ? Pope: You are not a Christian. Smell

The first point of his stay in Naples was the morning meeting with residents suburb of Scampia, which is struggling with poverty and crime mafia and record high unemployment. At John Paul II Square Francis said residents: – Whoever voluntarily taking an evil, steals hope.

In an improvised speech, which listened to thousands of people, Francis emphasized the need for “a journey of hope” for all and reminded postulate that the Christians were good honest citizens.

Anyone who enters the path of evil, said the Pope, “something will earn, but steals hope robs himself and all honest and hard-working people, the good name of the city, its economy. “

Many places in a speech devoted to the phenomenon of rampant corruption. – Corruption stinks, stinks corrupt society and a Christian who commits corruption, not a Christian, it stinks – Francis said.

He stressed that the manifestation of corruption and corruption is the answer to those who work and dignity. – None of us can say: I never let myself be corrupted. It is a temptation, it’s slide towards an easy interests, crime, corruption – he warned.

The Pope appealed to Neapolitans about “cleansing one’s soul, the city and society”, in order to – as he said – “not stunk corruption. “

He also said that” immigrants are not second-class human beings. ” – That the citizens, the children of God – he said.

Before the visit to Naples, Francis visited the shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary of Pompei.

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