Why Pope won't stop gossip in beauty shops

Pope Francis. [Photo: Courtesy]

Last week, Pope Francis had some word of advice for the beauty industry. During a session with members of this industry, he advised them to avoid gossip and instead focus on giving their clients word of encouragement. The Pope hates gossip and he is on record as having described it as being akin or in some instances worse than terrorism.

The truth of the matter is that most of us gossip; we like to share juicy details of other peoples’ misadventures and misfortunes - if in doubt look at the readership of the Nairobian and TMZs of this world. The Pope might have a valid point in chastising the beauty industry, but he needs to understand that gossip is a two-way street and beauty shops are the perfect highway.