Pope decries Church conservatives encased in "suit of armour"


Pope Francis celebrates Mass for the Feast of Epiphany in Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican January 6, 2022. REUTERS/Yara Nardi

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis took an apparent dig at conservatives resisting change in the Roman Catholic Church on Thursday, lamenting those whose religion he said was self-referential and encased in a "suit of armour".

On the Feast of the Epiphany, Francis seemed to direct specific criticism at those who have balked at his decision to restrict the traditionalist Latin Mass, saying the liturgy could not be trapped in a "dead language."

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