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
I have known for many years, This pope is a false profit! And why they keep a demon posing as a pope, Is beyond me. Wake up ye of little faith, Your salvation is draweth nigh.
Snopes is as trustworthy as CNN. Please wake up!
So If you haven’t heard of God. You are charitable, loving, care about people and general think about others before yourself. Then you people belief a person such as this is going to hell? You Pharisees. Your hearts are 100% hardened. You have no charity in you. You have no mercy in you. Thus YOU are the ones who WILL go to hell. You are are the ones who hold the people are for the faith instead of the faith being for the people. Don’t try to use false equivocation to change my meaning. I never said that “Do what ever you want and God is ok with anything.” God knows exactly what is hidden in the smallest secret places of your heart, that not even your parents know about. You SSPX Hypocrites and Pharisees and the like. The Church is not first an Italian church, or a Latin church, or whatever YOU had in mind. It is a universal church. So if you care more about this than you do about feeding the poor, then you are no more Christian than Judas Iscariot.
Stephen, ALL have sinned and fallen short of the Glory of God. No matter how charitable and loving one is, no one can EARN their way into heaven. For that reason, Jesus gave His life for our salvation.
If one does not believe in his heart, and confess with his mouth that Jesus died on the cross and God raised him from the dead and make him your lord, you won’t make it, no matter who you are or what you do. Jesus is the way, the truth and the light. Works will not save you. It’s a gift.