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Pope Francis criticizes unfriendly nuns with 'nasty vinegar' faces, tells them to stop speaking with Devil (www.latintimes.com)

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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."

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[–] lennivelkant@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Hossenfeffer 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Who made him the boss of them?

God, obviously.

That 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’?

[–] lennivelkant@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That was, indeed, the joke dot jay peg.

I figured, but wanted to use it as setup for the "Allegedly" part.

Did you mean ‘get to touch other children’?

That was, indeed, the joke dot jay peg.

[–] Hossenfeffer 2 points 1 week ago

Touché!