{"id":56400,"date":"2014-12-23T00:15:52","date_gmt":"2014-12-23T07:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/?p=56400"},"modified":"2014-12-22T12:20:17","modified_gmt":"2014-12-22T19:20:17","slug":"francis-to-curia-merry-christmas-and-shape-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2014\/12\/francis-to-curia-merry-christmas-and-shape-up.html","title":{"rendered":"Francis to Curia: Merry Christmas and Shape Up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

I have a Dominican priest friend who remarked shortly after Francis\u2019 election that the main thing he was hoping for from this papacy was a reform of the Curia. \u00a0It would appear Francis has given him his Christmas present.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Pope Francis issued a blistering critique Monday of the Vatican bureaucracy that serves him, denouncing how some people lust for power at all costs, live hypocritical double lives and suffer from \u201cspiritual Alzheimer\u2019s\u201d that has made them forget they\u2019re supposed to be joyful men of God.<\/p>\n

Francis\u2019 Christmas greeting to the cardinals, bishops and priests who run the Holy See was no joyful exchange of holiday good wishes. Rather, it was a sobering catalogue of 15 sins of the Curia that Francis said he hoped would be atoned for and cured in the New Year.<\/p>\n

He had some zingers: How the \u201cterrorism of gossip\u201d can \u201ckill the reputation of our colleagues and brothers in cold blood.\u201d How cliques can \u201censlave their members and become a cancer that threatens the harmony of the body\u201d and eventually kill it by \u201cfriendly fire.\u201d About how some suffer from a \u201cpathology of power\u201d that makes them seek power at all costs, even if it means defaming or discrediting others publicly.<\/p>\n

Francis, who is the first Latin American pope and never worked in the Italian-dominated Curia before he was elected, has not shied from complaining about the gossiping, careerism and bureaucratic power intrigues that afflict the Holy See. But as his reform agenda gathers steam, he seemed even more emboldened to highlight what ails the institution.<\/p>\n

The cardinals were not amused. The speech was met with tepid applause, and few were smiling as Francis listed one by one the 15 \u201cAilments of the Curia\u201d that he had drawn up, complete with footnotes and Biblical references.<\/p>\n

At the end of the speech, he asked the prelates to pray that the \u201cwounds of the sins that each one of us carries are healed\u201d and that the Church and Curia itself are made healthy.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Love this guy!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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