Pope tells priests to keep homilies short

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 12 - Pope Francis on Wednesday told Catholic priests to keep their homilies short so that the faithful didn't fall asleep, setting an eight-minute limit for non sleep-inducing sermons.
    Speaking at his weekly general audience in St Peter's Square, Francis said "the homily must be short: an image, a thought, a feeling.
    "A homily mustn't go over eight minutes because after that amount of time people lose attention and fall asleep, and they're right".
    Francis concluded: "Priests sometimes talk a lot and you can's understand what they're talking about". (ANSA).