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.
See more on the “grave sin” the Pope says women can be forgiven for on the next page:
Only God can forgive sins. What fakers
ancient Jewish priests were the middle men,but now ONLY Jesus Christ is our mediator between us and God The Father…we don’t even need priests anymore and haven’t needed them since Christ died on the cross and tore down the ancient curtain that God’s people used to enter through with an animal sacrifice before a priest to have their sins forgiven……The Catholic church replaced the curtain with a ‘confessional box’ that people are entering before a priest to have their sins forgiven and it’s a disgrace because it denies the fact that Jesus fulfilled that law when He died on the cross!
Robert Christina Todd then how come catholics don’t follw the teachings of the apostles the apostles follow Jesus n he follow his father no other Gods before him statues have no power its against God n he said not to call anyone father the only father is God , there is no proof of catholic church being first what was first was satan worship n idols God should rule the church not a man he changes rules all the time n they have the priest that should not be married God did not said that in his word the pope says he can forgive sins it is a lie no man is bigger then our lord n savior the pope is a man the same as any man
Stacy Lynn
the only ‘divorce’ that God is concerned with is the SPIRITUAL MARRIAGE WITH HIM that must never be put asunder by anyone……So many people are being judged by religious organizations,mainly the Catholic church,for getting a written divorce from a spouse,when it’s the SPIRITUAL MARRIAGE WITH GOD that HE cares about….I divorced a man over 24 years ago,and let me tell ya,he is NOT God,nor did I divorce GOD
Why not just have Catholics write their sins on a toilet paper and burn it?
Amen!! ♥
It’s an empty gesture. He can’t do that 🙂
Christ is the LAST PRIEST, PROPHET AND KING over all Israel. Even the Catholic Bible says this. Their traditions of priests and “forgiving sins” is false. It says that we may come before the Throne BOLDLY. Therefore, no mediator but Christ Himself stands between the Lord and us. Find ANY of these “traditions” even in the Catholic Bible if you can. GO…1…2…3…
This pope is leading people astray when he says all religions worship the same God. It’s a lie do not believe him.