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An atheist reporter, who is a friend of the Pope said he told him in a private meeting that there is no hell.
It is an odd story because of the official Vatican response, which neither denies nor confirms the statement. I find this weird because from my outside view (raised Methodist), fear of hell is a big deal in Catholicism.
So, I was going write WTH, but now I'm left with WT.....
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/03/red-francis-makes-headlines-on-holy-thursday-saying-there-is-no-hell/
It is an odd story because of the official Vatican response, which neither denies nor confirms the statement. I find this weird because from my outside view (raised Methodist), fear of hell is a big deal in Catholicism.
The Vatican’s official response reads:
“The Holy Father Francis recently received the founder of the newspaper La Repubblica in a private meeting on the occasion of Easter, without however giving him any interviews. What is reported by the author in today’s article [in La Repubblica] is the result of his reconstruction, in which the textual words pronounced by the Pope are not quoted. No quotation of the aforementioned article must therefore be considered as a faithful transcription of the words of the Holy Father.”
“The Holy Father Francis recently received the founder of the newspaper La Repubblica in a private meeting on the occasion of Easter, without however giving him any interviews. What is reported by the author in today’s article [in La Repubblica] is the result of his reconstruction, in which the textual words pronounced by the Pope are not quoted. No quotation of the aforementioned article must therefore be considered as a faithful transcription of the words of the Holy Father.”
So, I was going write WTH, but now I'm left with WT.....
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/03/red-francis-makes-headlines-on-holy-thursday-saying-there-is-no-hell/