"We all chat in Church! As Christians we chat! The chatter is hurtful? We hurt one another. It is as if we want to put each other down.: instead of growing one makes the other feel small while I feel great. That will not do! It seems nice to chat ...
"We become Christians of good manners and bad habits."
"We do three things:
"We supply misinformation: we tell only half that suits us and not the other half, the other half we do not say because it is not convenient for us.
"The second is defamation: When a person truly has a flaw, it is big, they tell it, 'like a journalist' ... And the character of this person is ruined.
"And the third is the slander of saying things that are not true. It is like killing ones brother!
"All three - disinformation, defamation and slander - are sins!
"Today we ask the Lord Jesus to give us this grace not to ever get involved in the lives of others, not to become Christians of good manners and bad habits, it is to follow Jesus, to walk behind Jesus on his way. And this is enough."
(Pope Francis, May 18, 2013) See also...
