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As Al Jazeera reports,
“During his homily in St. Peter’s Basilica, Francis told the cardinals to strive to “be saints.” To achieve that, he advised them to simply love those who are hostile to them, bless those who speak badly of them and “smile at those who perhaps don’t merit it.”
Advocating humility, Francis is trying to reform a church hierarchy that has been criticized as arrogant, egotistical, petty and nasty. Scandals involving alleged corruption and power plays tainted the Vatican’s top bureaucracy in the last few years before Francis was elected in March.
Later Sunday, while addressing the faithful and the curious in St. Peter’s Square, Francis was interrupted by resounding cheers and applause when, wagging his finger, he told them that bishops, cardinals and the pope need to be “good servants, not good bosses” of God’s people.”
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