Pope Francis seemingly put his own spin on telling women to ‘smile more,’ urging nuns to abandon “vinegar faces,” and stop speaking with the devil.
The Pope, 88, emphasized the importance of friendliness and love in embodying the virtues of the Catholic Church as he spoke to a group of Dominican sisters visiting the Vatican Sunday, The Times reported.
“Sometimes in my life, I have met nuns with a vinegar face, and that’s not friendly,” the Pope remarked. “That’s not something that helps to attract people. Vinegar is nasty, and nuns with a vinegar face—let’s not even talk about it.”
The Pope also urged the nuns to follow Jesus’ example of speaking to everyone—except the Devil. “No dialogue with the Devil, understood?” he stressed, warning against allowing jealousy and other human frailties to provide entry points for evil.
Among human frailties, the Pope addressed gossip as a substantial hurdle for women.
“Please, distance yourself from gossip,” he urged. “To ask this of a woman is heroic but, come on, let’s move forward and no gossip.” He called on the sisters to instead be “heralds of affability.”
Fuck off Frank, vinegar is delicious.
Goes great with a tomato salad
Where’s that energy when the hateful conservative priests in the US are spewing bile?
Or abusing children.
Yeah. That part.
Those are usually not Catholics but Protestant / Evangelical pastors and reverends.
More like the Roman Catholic Church has the money and PR machine to cover up their misdeeds better. To suggest Catholics aren’t as bad as other Christian sects when it comes to sexual assault is laughable.
I did not suggest that they are not as bad. Just that the Pope does not have any say over them.
I don’t see how that’s related to my point that the Pope does not have sway over Protestants.
What do Protestants have to do with this thread? It’s story about the Pope. No one else is talking about Protestants.
I called out the wackado priests (like the one in TX that was calling for the Pope to be killed). You then tried to correct me saying “no, that’s Protestants” because you don’t know anything about it. So I tried to educate by posting some links to articles about the political make up of the priesthood (supporting my original point that you thought you were correcting). And now you’re confused because literally no one is trying to discuss Protestants but you?
Evangelicals already run the country, but we’re still allowed to discuss other faiths. 🤣
Maybe some people recognize empty cans and know not to bother sending any energy on it.
Don’t forget, he’s the “good Pope”
Remember: If she’s moaning like a bitch, excommunicate the witch!
Feels like the Pope has gone full Michael Winner.
At least he hasn’t called gay people slurs in months.
I’m pretty sure God and the devil aren’t ex communicado.
I’d urge everyone to stay away from salty popes.
Who made him the boss of them?
Plus, also, vinegar is not ‘nasty’. I’ll wager he’s never sat in the back of a Mark II Ford Escort, on the seafront at Southend, in the pouring rain, eating half a portion of saveloy and chips absolutely drowning in vinegar, which he had to share with his big sister because things are ‘difficult’ at the moment, while his dad grits his teeth and shouts “We’re at the fucking seaside!” to drown out the whinging. Childhood, eh? You can never go back.
Who made him the boss of them?
God, obviously. Allegedly. Who knows what those cardinals do, locked up in their super sacred seclusion. I’m sure it’s all pious and devout. Nothing shady about an old men’s club having a lengthy secret meeting to decide which of them gets to be the face of its abuse for the next decade or so.
Less sarcastically, the women he was preaching to were Dominican nuns, a catholic order of travelling preachers. He was also talking about Catholic nuns in general. They made him their boss by devoting their life to serving a church he’s the boss of.
If they take issue with a man telling then what to do, the Catholic Church probably isn’t the right place for them. Well, it’s not the right place for anyone except senile chauvinists, but that’s beside the point.
vinegar is not ‘nasty’
I imagine his palate is accustomed to the sort of exclusive wine that would lose value if we commoners even got to see the vineyards it’s grown on.
Childhood, eh? You can never go back.
You just need to keep in touch with your inner child. Failing that, you could become a priest and get in touch with other children.
Who made him the boss of them?
God, obviously.
That’s was, indeed, the joke dot jay peg.
Allegedly. Who knows what those cardinals do, locked up in their super sacred seclusion.
I recently watched ‘Conclave’ which is about exactly that. A surprisingly compelling movie. I recommend it if you don’t mind a tight story with very little action.
Childhood, eh? You can never go back.
You just need to keep in touch with your inner child. Failing that, you could become a priest and get in touch with other children.
Did you mean ‘get to touch other children’?
He should quit grabbing her boobs.
I think the downvoters probably didn’t look at the amusingly-timed thumbnail
