4 minutes agoThe pope shakes the foundations of the Catholic Church, that's his opinion of atheists (Video/Photo)
Periskopi(9 years ago)
(9 years ago)In comments likely to boost his progressive reputation, Pope Francisescu has written an open letter to the founder of the newspaper “La Repubblica”, Eugene Scalfari, declaring that non-believers would pray to God if they followed their conscience. Responding to a list of questions published in the newspaper by Scalfar [...]
Responding to a list of questions published in the newspaper by Scalfar, who is not Roman Catholic Francescan, he wrote: “You ask me that God forgives only Christians, but God would also forgive unbelievers”
The sin, even for those who do not have faith, is when people have no conscience”, Pope Francis said.
Robert Mickens, Vatican correspondent for Catholic Journal “The Tablett”, said Papant's comments were further evidence of his efforts to shake the fig image of the Catholic Church, reinforced by its extremely conservative predecessor Benedict XVI.
In a welcoming response to the letter, Scalfari said the Pope's comments were “further evidence of his ability and desire to overcome obstacles in dialogue with all”.
In July, Francis signaled a more progressive attitude on sexuality, asking: “if someone is gay and is looking for God, who am I to judge him?”/Periscopi/
