Vatican News Gossip ‘a plague more awful’ than COVID-19, pope says Pope Francis called on Catholics to make an effort “not to gossip,” which he described as “a plague more awful” than the coronavirus disease.
News Pope warns against temptations of money, vanity, gossip Pope Francis has warned against the temptations of “money, vanity, and idle chatter” that he said have divided believers since the early days of Christianity.