Francesco Buranelli, president of the Commission for the Protection of Monuments of the Holy See, presented a picture of what can happen when fierce family rivalries, a Counter-Reformation “cancel culture” and 500 years of “fake news” find the perfect target in a problematic pope.
Cancel Crusade: How gossip, scandal ruined a rare Renaissance treasure
Pope tells reporters Paris archbishop was hounded out by gossip
The archbishop had said he offered to step down to avoid “becoming a source of divisions,” and the pope accepted his resignation Dec. 2.
For Lent, read the Gospel, fast from gossip, pope says at Angelus
In his Angelus address, Pope Francis encouraged people to read the Gospel during Lent and fast from gossip.
‘Words can be kisses,’ but also ‘swords,’ pope writes in new book
Silence, like words, can be a language of love, Pope Francis wrote in the introduction to a new book by in Italian by Father Antenucci.
Elise Italiano Ureneck: Woe to those who gossip
“Some of the most nefarious online gossip is spread on Catholic keyboards.”