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The Pope was making his
public audience since the
started. His latest speech on gossip is not the first time he has made
remarks on the topic. In 2016, he warned people not to "fuel the
of gossip". He urged people to resist the
to spread gossip. He said: "If you get an urge to say something against a brother or a sister, to drop a gossip bomb, bite your
. Hard." Two years later he brought the
up again. He told worshippers in St Peter's Square that gossip is
"because the tongue kills, like a knife". A
to the Vatican agreed. She said: "Gossips are nothing but scandalmongers and
."
