Pope Francis criticizes “detestable hypocrisy” existing in the Catholic Church and among its ministers

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26 2021 08:22 GMT ago

In politics, “it is not uncommon to find hypocrites,” people who live one way in public and another in private, the pontiff said.

Pope Francis said this Wednesday during his general audience at the Vatican that there is in the Catholic Church “hypocrisy” and “many hypocritical ministers”.

This quality of people “often hides in the workplace, where it is about pretending to be friends with colleagues while the competition leads to hitting them in the back, “Francisco lamented. In politics”it is not uncommon to find hypocrites“People who live one way in public and another in private,” he added.

“Particularly detestable is hypocrisy in the Church, and unfortunately there is hypocrisy in the Church, and there are a lot of Christians and a lot of hypocritical ministers, “he criticized. According to the Pope, the hypocrite is a person who”pretend, flatter and cheat because he lives with a mask on his face and does not have the courage to face the truth. “

Francisco explains that this quality is easily spread like a virus in environments where interpersonal relationships are experienced under the sign of formalism. “Hypocrisy is the fear of telling the truth openly, is to pretend or pretend to look good in the eyes of others, ”he said, stressing that hypocrisy endangers the unity of the Church.