Vatican City, Apr 26, 2015 / 11:04 am
Pope Francis presided over the ordination of nearly twenty men to the priesthood on Sunday, where he warned them against being vain priests who live first for their own pleasure rather than for God's.
"A priest is ugly who lives for his own pleasure," Pope Francis said, adding that such a priest "acts like a peacock."
Pope Francis presided over the Mass in St. Peter's Basilica on Apr. 26, during which he, as the bishop of Rome, ordained 19 men for the Roman diocese.
During the ordination Mass, the Pope delivered the standard homily based on the Italian edition of the Pontificale Romanum for the ordination of priests, but digressed from the text several times to offer advice to the men about to be ordained.