Pope tacks sign on his apartment door: "No Whining"

Record ID: 902850

  • Title: Pope tacks sign on his apartment door: "No Whining"
  • Date: 14th July 2017
  • Summary: VATICAN (FILE - FEBRUARY 20, 2013) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF CASA SANTA MARTA RESIDENCE WHERE POPE IS STAYING WINDOWS OF CASA SANTA MARTA
  • Embargoed: 28th July 2017 12:13
  • Keywords: Pope Francis apartment door No Whining sign No symbol complaining
  • Location: VATICAN
  • City: VATICAN
  • Country: Vatican City
  • Topics: Religion/Belief,Society/Social Issues
  • Reuters ID: LVA0036POVRD3
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: If anyone had any doubts how Pope Francis feels about people who always complain, the answer is now tacked to the door of his frugal suite in a Vatican residence: "No Whining".
    Under the explicit warning, the red-and-white Italian language sign goes on to say that "violators are subject to a syndrome of always feeling like a victim and the consequent reduction of your sense of humour and capacity to solve problems".
    A picture of the sign was posted on the Vatican Insider website and its presence on the pope's door confirmed to Reuters by its editor-in-chief Andrea Tornielli, an author who is close to Francis and has interviewed him several times.
    The sign was given to the pope recently by Italian psychologist and self-help author Salvo Noe. Francis promised Noe he would put it up in his office for a laugh.
    Francis has had no shortage of complainers in the Vatican and in the Church since his election in 2013. He has tried to steer the 1.2 billion-member Church on a more inclusive and merciful path, angering conservatives who say he his sowing doctrinal confusion.
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