Pope Francis has criticised hypocrites in the Catholic
Church, the pontiff said on Wednesday during his general audience in the
Vatican.
“How often do we see the scandal of these people who go to
church and are there every day, and then they lead a life in which they
hate others or talk badly about other people.
“Better not go to church: Live like an atheist,’’ Francis said.
During the audience, the Argentinian leader of
the world’s 1.3 billion Catholics demonstrated his ability to connect
with ordinary people.
He however, received members of the Cuban
National Circus, while he laughed with the dancing artists and balanced a
football on his fingertip.