Pope Francis warned that pornography on-line It is “a vice” that many people have, including “priests and nuns”, during a meeting he held on Monday with Rome seminarians preparing for the priesthood and which the Vatican reported on Wednesday.
“It is a vice that has so many people, so many laity, and also priests and nuns. The devil enters through there. And i’m not talking criminal porn like the abuse of minors, where live cases of abuse are seen: that is already a degeneration, but rather normal pornography. Dear brothers, be careful with that”commented to the future priests.
The Argentine pontiff also told them that “the pure heart, the one that receives Jesus every day, cannot receive this pornography” and that if they have porn on their mobile phone, they should delete it so that “they do not have temptation at hand.”
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“And if you can’t erase it, defend yourself well so as not to get into this. I tell you that it weakens the soul. It weakens the soul,” added the Pope, who, according to reports Ephapologized for going into “so much porn detail,” but that it is a “reality that touches priests, seminarians, nuns, consecrated souls and this is important”.
In addition, he encouraged caressing children, sick children, despite the fact that they can accuse him of pederasty.
“Caress the children… Someone can accuse you of being a pederast, but no, no, get this possible accusation out of your head,” the Pope said, adding that “the elderly also need caresses.”
Jorge Bergoglio also warned seminarians of the danger of “careerism” because, he said, “a careerist is a traitor, he is not a servant.”
And responding to a Ukrainian priest, he assured that “the Church, like a mother, suffers in the face of wars because wars are the destruction of children.”
“You suffer so much, your people, I know, I am close. But pray for the aggressors, because they are as much victims as you. You do not see the wounds they have in their souls, but pray, pray so that the Lord converts them and wants them to come peace”, was Francis’ response to the Ukrainian priest.
