“Porn Is Vice, Even Nuns And Priests Watch”: Pope Francis

Answering the questions of seminarians and priests at the event Pope Francis said that digital and social media should be best used to “share the joy of being Christians”

Vatican City: Head of the Catholic Church Pope Francis warned people at the seminar of the dangers of online pornography. He said that it was a vice that many people including priests and nuns had. Pope Francis has been regularly warning people against the consumption of pornography.

He called porn a temptation that “weakens the priestly heart.”

Answering the questions of seminarians and priests at the event he said that digital and social media should be best used to “share the joy of being Christians.”

He also warned people against watching the news too much or listening to songs that distract them from their work.

Pope Francis was speaking at an interaction with priests and seminarians studying in Rome. The topic of the seminar was how digital and social media should be best used.

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“Each of you think if you’ve had the experience or had the temptation of digital pornography. It’s a vice that so many people have, so many laymen, so many laywomen, and even priests and nuns,” quoted Pope Francis.

“The devil enters from there: it weakens the priestly heart. Excuse me for going down to these details about pornography, but there is a reality: a reality that touches priests, seminarians, nuns, consecrated souls,” said Pope Francis

“And I’m not just talking about criminal pornography like child abuse, where you see live cases of abuse: that’s already degeneracy. But of the more ‘normal’ pornography,” he continued.

Earlier in June, he called for Porn to be declared a “threat to public health.”

To “avoid any kind of temptation” the Head of the Catholic Church urged everyone to delete all pornographic content from their phones.