Highlights
- Francis told visiting hairdressers and beauticians to 'practise in a Christian style'
- He warned that 'temptation of chatter easily creeps into your work environment'
- The Pope said they should offer customers 'a good word and encouragement'
has urged hairdressers not to gossip with their customers as they go about their jobs.
The 82-year-old pontiff warned Christian barbers and stylists that the 'temptation of chatter easily creeps into your work environment'.
He advised visiting hairdressers, hairstylists and beauticians at the Vatican to 'practise your profession in a Christian style'.
While cutting their customers' hair they should be 'treating them with kindness and courtesy, and always offering them a good word and encouragement,' he said.
'Each of you, in your professional work, can always act with righteousness, thus making a positive contribution to the common good of society,' Francis said.
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