Francis on nay-sayers: “. . . people who lack goodwill . . . seek only scandal, who seek only division . . . only destruction, even within the family”

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In name-calling he trusts.

So shut up about it.

As for the beauty of silence, on the other hand, consider Cardinal Sarah’s The Power of Silence: Against the Dictatorship of Noise, keeping mind that as one of Francis’ cabinet members — with liturgy as his portfolio — he has been rebuked publicly and privately by him on several occasions.

Why Francis puts up with him is explored and explained here.

via Under-attack Pope calls for ‘silence and prayer’

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Jim Bowman covered religion 1968-78 for the Chicago Daily News, since then has written books, articles, etc., mostly on corporate history but also on religion (Company Man: My Jesuit Life, 1950-1968), and more recently on politics (Illinois Blues: How the Ruling Party Talks to Voters -- Lulu.com, Kindle). Longtime Oak Park, Illinois, resident, he lives now on Chicago's North Side, where four of his and Winnie's six children live close by.

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