Pope Warns Priests: Satan Enters When You Watch Porn

The BBC reports:

Pope Francis has warned priests and nuns about the dangers of watching pornography online, saying it “weakens the priestly heart”. Pornography, he said, was “a vice that so many people have… even priests and nuns”.

“The devil enters from there,” the Pope told priests and seminarians. “The pure heart, the one that Jesus receives every day, cannot receive this pornographic information,” he said.

He advised the group to “delete this from your phone, so you will not have temptation in hand”. The Catholic Church requires that all clerics remain celibate – which is to abstain from sexual relations and marriage. Watching porn would breach these requirements.

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