Sunday 14 April 2013

INQUIRER.net: Pope tells priests: practice what you preach

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Pope tells priests: practice what you preach
Apr 14th 2013, 23:18

ROME – Pope Francis told priests on Sunday to practice what they preach, saying the church's credibility was on the line.   During a Mass to formally take possession of one of the Vatican basilicas in Rome, Francis said ordinary Catholics need to "see in our actions what they hear from our lips."   Francis has made himself an example of a more humble and frugal church by refusing many of the trappings of the papacy, living in the Vatican hotel rather than the Apostolic Palace and wearing a simple white cassock of the papacy rather than fancy vestments and capes for formal occasions that his predecessors wore.   "Inconsistency on the part of pastors ...

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