“Gossipers are terrorists because with their tongues they drop a bomb and then leave, and the bomb they drop destroys reputations everywhere,”
But Islamic jihadis are not terrorists: “Christian terrorism does not exist, Jewish terrorism does not exist, and Muslim terrorism does not exist. They do not exist,” Francis said in a speech last year. “There are fundamentalist and violent individuals in all peoples and religions—and with intolerant generalizations they become stronger because they feed on hate and xenophobia.”
“Leave them; they are blind guides. And if a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.” (Matthew 15:14)
“Pope Francis says ‘to gossip is to kill,’ compares it to form of ‘terrorism,'” by Nicole Darrah, Fox News, November 14, 2018:
Pope Francis implored his faithful followers on Wednesday to refrain from gossiping, as he believes it’s a form of “terrorism” and “to gossip is to kill.”
“Gossipers are terrorists because with their tongues they drop a bomb and then leave, and the bomb they drop destroys reputations everywhere,” Francis said during his weekly general audience….
“We all live by communicating, and we are continuously on the edge between truth and lies,” Francis said. He added that gossip “kills because the tongue kills like a knife.”…