The word 'mercy' appears in the report below. It's striking, reading so many religious blogs, news sheets, bulletins, one seldom sees the word 'mercy'. Instead they all seem so turned in on themselves, presenting their own 'importance'. Spectacularly sad. Boring too. And so far from the reality on the ground.
The piece below appeared on media outlets yesterday.
POPE FRANCIS TODAY ordained 13 new priests in the Vatican, telling them they were not “masters of doctrine” and should be more forgiving of their parishioners.
“It really pains me when I come across people who no longer go to confession because they get harangued, badly treated, told off,” Francis said in his homily at the ordination Mass in St Peter’s Basilica.
“They feel the doors of the church are being shut in their faces. Please don’t do this. Have mercy,” the Argentine pontiff said, adding: “It is not you who are the masters of doctrine, it’s the Lord’s doctrine”.
The 13 priests, who lay face down in front of the altar as part of the ordination ritual, included six from Italy and one each from Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Pakistan, South Korea, Venezuela and Vietnam.
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