Vatican, 26 October, 2022 / 8:22 pm (ACI Africa).
Pope Francis warned seminarians this week about how the vice of digital pornography “weakens the priestly heart.”
In a meeting with hundreds of seminarians studying in Rome, the pope underlined that it is important for seminarians and priests to be very careful about the “temptation of digital pornography” because “it weakens the soul.”
“Dear brothers, be careful of this. The pure heart, the heart that receives Jesus every day, cannot receive this pornographic information,” Pope Francis said on Oct. 24 in Paul VI Hall.
Pope Francis speaking to seminarians in Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, Oct. 26, 2022. Vatican Media
“And if from your cell phone you can delete this, delete it, so you won’t have temptation at hand. And if you can’t delete it, protect yourself properly so you don’t have access to this. I tell you, it weakens the soul.”
Pope Francis speaking to seminarians in Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, Oct. 26, 2022. Vatican Media
