July 04, 2015

Pope declares that hell is a myth and stands at odds with the concept of a loving God

The Yamulka-wearing Jesuit Pontiff opens yet another Wriggly Can of Worms.
POPE Francis has started another fierce debate within the Catholic Church by stating that the concept of a burning hell where people burn eternally cannot be Christian as it goes against the concept of a loving and passionate God.
(nigerianwatch)

3 comments:

Christopher Marlowe said...

You know this was a hoax, right?

foon1e said...

"Fr. Thomas Rosica, English-language assistant to the Holy See Press Office, told LifeSiteNews, “All official, final texts of the Holy Father are found on the Vatican website,” and since they were never published by the Holy See Press Office they “should not be considered official texts.” They were, said Fr. Rosica, “private discussions that took place and were never recorded by the journalist.”

Depends on how you define Hoax. Lots of people out there - mostly Believers - who are desperately trying to call it a Hoax. But the Interview with the Pope *did* take place. They were never "Officially" published on the Vatican website though - being referred to as "Private Discussions" as in the comment clipped from Lifesitenews above. So Unless you've got Audio or video of the Pope refuting this statement himself? I'll leave the article as it is.

Christopher Marlowe said...

I have no problem that this heretic Pope Bergoglio would say such a thing. But the article shows other problems that make me doubt its accuracy: "Pope Francis has sparked off another debate with controversial remarks at the Third Vatican Council that just held. In what was the largest and most important Catholic gathering of priests since the Second Vatican Council in 1962, Pope Francis also challenged the concept of Adam and Eve."

3rd Vatican council? There is no such thing. The interview referred to in the lifesite news article concerned an interview with Eugenio Scalfari. https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/about-that-pope-francis-interview-where-he-denied-the-existence-of-hell

Heretic Pope John Paul II already doubted the existence of a literal hell: https://catholicreason.wordpress.com/