The Pope was addressing the faithful gathered in St Peter’s Square for the Angelus Prayer, 27 September 2020
He took his cue from the Gospel reading (Mt 21: 28-32). He went on say that the exponents of this “façade” of religiosity, of which Jesus disapproves.
This does not mean, he continued, that Jesus indicates publicans – sinners – and prostitutes as models of life, but as “privileged of Grace,” which “God offers to anyone who opens up and converts to Him.” “Indeed, these people, listening to his preaching, repented and changed their lives.”