Pope Francis: “one of the roots of violence stems from the abuse of power when we use the positions we have to crush or manipulate others.”

You can’t make this stuff up. Does he hear himself?

From Crux:

Pope faces abuse scandals, lays out template for Catholicism in a secular milieu

By Crux Staff

Sep 28, 2024

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Pope Francis is currently on a Sept. 26-29 trip to Luxembourg and Belgium. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

ROME – In a country still reeling from a deep clerical sexual abuse crisis, Pope Francis on Saturday bitterly acknowledged that such abuse “generates atrocious suffering and wounds,” vowing that the path of reform includes learning from survivors.

The realities of abuse, the pontiff said, can even “undermine the path of faith.”

“There is a need for a great deal of mercy, to keep us from hardening our hearts before the suffering of victims, so that we can help them feel our closeness and offer all the help we can,” the pope said.

“We must learn from them … to be a Church at the service of all without belittling anyone,” Francis said. “Indeed, one of the roots of violence stems from the abuse of power when we use the positions we have to crush or manipulate others.”

Sexual sins are not the only form of violence or abuse. Telling Catholics they can’t worship as Catholics in their own Catholic church building as he did in TC is violence and abuse of power which threatens salvation of souls. No violence or abuse is worse.

Hoist on his own hypocritical petard, Pope Francis is condemned by his own words.

 I think we’re being mocked…