Pope Francis holds mass in Papal Basilica of St. Paul's.
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STORY: Pope Francis was greeted by pilgrims and Romans for the second time on Sunday as he traveled outside the Vatican to the Papal Basilica of St. Paul's outside the Walls in Rome.
Pope Francis said clergy and Christians must not betray the word of God with their actions or they undermine the credibility of the Catholic Church.
"Inconsistency on the part of pastors and the faithful between what they say and what they do, between word and manner of life, is undermining the Church's credibility," the pontiff said in his homily.
Francis, elected a month ago, inherited a Church struggling to restore credibility after a series of scandals, including priests' sexual abuse of children.
In his first major decision as Pope on Saturday, Francis set up an advisory board of cardinals to help him govern the Church and reform its troubled central administration, which was riddled by infighting and alleged corruption under Pope Benedic
STORY: Pope Francis was greeted by pilgrims and Romans for the second time on Sunday as he traveled outside the Vatican to the Papal Basilica of St. Paul's outside the Walls in Rome.
Pope Francis said clergy and Christians must not betray the word of God with their actions or they undermine the credibility of the Catholic Church.
"Inconsistency on the part of pastors and the faithful between what they say and what they do, between word and manner of life, is undermining the Church's credibility," the pontiff said in his homily.
Francis, elected a month ago, inherited a Church struggling to restore credibility after a series of scandals, including priests' sexual abuse of children.
In his first major decision as Pope on Saturday, Francis set up an advisory board of cardinals to help him govern the Church and reform its troubled central administration, which was riddled by infighting and alleged corruption under Pope Benedic