In his daily sermon on Thursday, which was not reported by the Vatican website, but is reported here, the Pope has reflected on governments who “sling mud” in order to discredit their adversaries. As The Tribune of Indiana tells us:
He said the damage done by the “sin of whispering” is particularly grave in politics “when a government isn’t honest and seeks to sling mud at its adversaries with whispers, defamation, calumny.
Francis didn’t single out any country, but said dictatorial governments are known for taking control of the media to “diminish anyone who represents a threat.”
