Pope Francis is upending catholic tradition once again, and many of his followers aren’t happy.
Pope Francis was selected to lead the Catholic church in 2013, after several years of scandal-prone leadership from his predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI. But it wasn’t long until Francis began stirring controversy himself.
Unlike his predecessor — who was often characterized as “too conservative” — Francis immediately began liberalizing the Catholic faith. He suggested that his followers apologize to gay people and validated the beliefs of competing religions, claiming that all religions worship the same god. Then, in perhaps the most bizarre development of last year, the pontiff began an unprompted feud with Donald Trump over immigration policy.
So it should come as no surprise that Pope Francis is once again upsetting many of his diehard followers with an announcement that seems to go against fundamental Catholic values.
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That’s God’s job.
Each priest will get a pope-kissed magic wand……..
He is a wolf in sheep’s clothing
If the only one to forgive sins is God, or Jesus to some, them my question is this:
Why does Jesus instruct us to forgive one another?
A man cannot absolve another man of their sins.
Repentance, this is a gift from God if you understand the biblical meaning.
how arrogant only God can forgive sin
Rick Cox but no human can forgive sin
I don’t want to burst anyone’s bubble, but God forgives sin, not the Pope. Sin is forgiven if you turn from such sin. You cannot get forgiveness if you are in willful sin knowing it is sin and you will not repent. Sorry.
to not hold anger in. if a person can forgive sin then Jesus needed not go to the cross