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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — One of the most dangerous vices is gluttony, turning people who are meant to be custodians of creation into mere consumers and even exploiters and predators, Pope Francis said.
“The sin of those who succumb before a piece of cake, all things considered, does not cause great damage, but the voracity with which we have been plundering the goods of the planet for some centuries now is compromising the future of all,” he said.
“We have grabbed everything, in order to become the masters of all things, while everything had been consigned to our custody, not to our exploitation,” the pope said Jan. 10 at his weekly general audience in the Paul VI Audience Hall.
Continuing a new series of audience talks about vices and virtues, the pope reflected on the vice of gluttony, which the ancient Church Fathers referred to as a kind of “folly of the belly.”
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“The sin of those who succumb before a piece of cake, all things considered, does not cause great damage, but the voracity with which we have been plundering the goods of the planet for some centuries now is compromising the future of all,” he said.
“We have grabbed everything, in order to become the masters of all things, while everything had been consigned to our custody, not to our exploitation,” the pope said Jan. 10 at his weekly general audience in the Paul VI Audience Hall.
Continuing a new series of audience talks about vices and virtues, the pope reflected on the vice of gluttony, which the ancient Church Fathers referred to as a kind of “folly of the belly.”
Continued below.
Gluttony may be the most dangerous social vice, pope says
One of the most dangerous vices is gluttony, turning people who are meant to be custodians of creation into mere consumers and even exploiters and predators, Pope Francis said. "The sin of those who succumb before a piece of cake, all things considered, does not cause great damage, but the...
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