Pope Francis: don't 'drop a gossip bomb', he warns priests and nuns

Pontiff warns Catholic brothers and sisters to bite their tongues rather than spread gossip and bemoans lack of people signing up for church life Pope Francis told gossip-loving priests and nuns to bite their tongues on Monday, and warned those breaking their vow of obedience to fall into line sharpish. "If you get an urge to say something against a brother or a sister, to drop a gossip bomb, bite your tongue! Hard!" the pontiff said in an improvised speech to members of the clergy marking the e...