Flu-struck Pope aims to ‘cure’ the Roman Curia

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Pope Francis today urged Vatican bureaucrats to show more honesty, humility and sobriety as he issued a ‘catalogue of virtues’ in his Christmas message to members of the Roman Curia.

The Pope, who has flu, joked this morning during his annual Christmas greeting that after last year’s public diagnosis of the ‘15 ailments of the Curia’ that he should have come up this year with the ‘Curial antibiotics’ to treat them.

Full report: sconews.co.uk/news/48661/flu-struck-pope-aims-to-cure-the-roman-curia/
 
It’s great that he uses the spiritual exercises as the basis for personal work on ourselves.

Nonetheless, diseases and even scandals cannot obscure the efficiency of the services rendered to the Pope and to the entire Church by the Roman Curia, with great effort, responsibility, commitment and dedication, and this is a real source of consolation. Saint Ignatius taught that “it is typical of the evil spirit to instil remorse, sadness and difficulties, and to cause needless worry so as to prevent us from going forward; instead, it is typical of the good spirit to instil courage and energy, consolations and tears, inspirations and serenity, and to lessen and remove every difficulty so as to make us advance on the path of goodness.”[1]
 
Considering his age, hope it’s a cold and not the flu.

Infact, if he had the flu, he wouldn’t feel well enough to address anyone. He would be in bed and would miss Christmas services
 
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