The Pope Says You Don’t Have to Believe in God to go to Heaven


While responding to a list of questions asked by Eugino Scalfari, the Pope made some comments that basically justified sinful behavior. Robert Mickens, the Vatican correspondent is still trying to claim the Pope is a conservative.

In comments likely to enhance his progressive reputation, Pope Francis has written a long, open letter to the founder of La Repubblica newspaper, Eugenio Scalfari, stating that non-believers would be forgiven by God if they followed their consciences.

Responding to a list of questions published in the paper by Mr Scalfari, who is not a Roman Catholic, Francis wrote: “You ask me if the God of the Christians forgives those who don’t believe and who don’t seek the faith. I start by saying – and this is the fundamental thing – that God’s mercy has no limits if you go to him with a sincere and contrite heart. The issue for those who do not believe in God is to obey their conscience.

“Sin, even for those who have no faith, exists when people disobey their conscience.”

Robert Mickens, the Vatican correspondent for the Catholic journal The Tablet, said the pontiff’s comments were further evidence of his attempts to shake off the Catholic Church’s fusty image, reinforced by his extremely conservative predecessor Benedict XVI. “Francis is a still a conservative,” said Mr Mickens. “But what this is all about is him seeking to have a more meaningful dialogue with the world.”

A more meaningful dialogue with the world, or with progressives? Mickens answers that question in his defense of Pope Francis. He might have some fanatics fooled, but hopefully when his trip to America is finished, people will start to see through that “holy” fog.

Source: independent.co.uk



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