Wednesday, January 06, 2010

No more boring sermons: Italian bishop's plea

A leading Italian Bishop has criticised Sunday homilies as boring, uninspired and unpalatable.

Bishop Mariano Crociata urged priests to pay more attention to their homilies, acknowledging that the minds of churchgoers need to be nourished.

Bishop Crociata, secretary-general of the Italian Bishops' Conference (CEI), urged trainee priests to take their preaching seriously if they want to connect with their flock.

"Too often, sermons are just boring mush, unappetising fare and certainly not too nourishing" for parishioners' minds," Crociata said.

The monsignor's warning was taken seriously by the Vatican daily Osservatore Romano, which printed large parts of his address.
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