Resistance to Vatican reform inspired by the devil

Pope Francis speaks during the traditional greetings to the Roman Curia in the Sala Clementina of the Apostolic Palace, at the VaticanIn his annual Christmas address to the Vatican bureaucracy, Pope Francis on Thursday (Dec. 22) warned that those engaged in “malicious resistance” to the reform of the Roman Curia are inspired by the devil.

It marked the third consecutive year that the pope has slammed the highest levels of the Catholic Church’s administration in his annual holiday greeting at the Vatican. MORE