Pope Francis made a dire warning to the Roman Curia on Thursday, warning them to be ever vigilant of demons lurking in the Vatican.
The remarks were delivered as part of his Christmas address to the Vatican’s resident cardinals – a tradition that Pope Francis has turned into something of an annual airing of grievances for the Vatican-based prelates.
Pope Francis warned attending cardinals that those who live in the Vatican are often tempted to believe they are more enlightened or spiritually protected than others due to their status and rank in the church.
“We could easily fall into the temptation of thinking we are safe, better than others, no longer in need of conversion,” the pope told the cardinals.
But the pontiff rebuked this line of thinking with a stern warning, saying, “Yet we are in greater danger than all others, because we are beset by the ‘elegant demon,’ who does not make a loud entrance, but comes with flowers in his hand.”
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