Pope Francis has asked Catholic priests to keep their sermons short so that their audience doesn’t fall asleep during Mass.
According to the Pope, the sermons should not be longer than eight minutes.
“The sermon must be brief: an image, a thought, and a sentiment. It must not go beyond eight minutes because after that time, attention is lost, and people go to sleep. They fall asleep, and they are right to do so,” said the Pope.
He added, “And I want to say this to priests who talk a lot very often, and one does not understand what they are talking about.”
For starters, a sermon is the address in which a priest comments on a reading from the Bible.
