Pope Benedict XVI's warning to clowns is grim! :)


"Whoever teaches the faith cannot risk appearing like a sort of clown who just performs a role for one's job."



Source for this snippet of a sound bite: Today's Catholic, September 11, 2009. Page 15. By Carol Glatz. Catholic News Service (CNS).

"VATICAN CITY. Clergy, lay catechists and parishioners who model their lives according to Christ represent the most effective tools for teaching the word of God, Pope Benedict said."

"[T]he pope said at a weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square Whoever teaches the faith cannot risk appearing like a sort of clown who just performs a role for one's job..."

Way to go, Santa Papa! :)