Pope to priests: “A Church where no discussions take place is a dead Church” — UPDATED

He gave a remarkable talk today to priests gathered in Rome — most of it unscripted.  It sounds like it was extraordinary, in every sense.

Catholic News Service has a good Twitter overview right here. (It includes at the bottom the full video.)

And Rome Reports offers this brief report that gives a sense of the event.

UPDATE: Vatican Radio has a full write-up—and translates the pope’s quote as “A Church without quarrels is a dead church.”

Read on here.