Pope Francis has said the Catholic Church is too focused on preaching about abortion, gay people and contraception. He also warned that the Church's "moral edifice is likely to fall like a house of cards" unless it "heals wounds".
Pope Francis has warned that the Church's moral structure could "fall like a house of cards" unless it changed.
The Pope - who was elected as the 266th Pontiff in March - said the Church had become engulfed in "small-minded rules", insisting the church needed to find a new balance to "heal wounds" of its faithful.
"We have to find a new balance; otherwise even the moral edifice of the church is likely to fall like a house of cards, losing the freshness and fragrance of the Gospel," he said in his first major interview of his papacy.
The Democratic presidential candidate may also have shown his cards on his choice of running mate.
The US president also shared a post on Twitter accusing Dr Anthony Fauci of misleading the public over hydroxychloroquine.
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