Originally posted by Lord Lucienhttps://www.ncronline.org/news/opinion/signs-times/pope-francis-and-hell
Can you provide a video or reliable quote of him saying hell doesn't exist?
This explains it, basically the Vatican was quick to cover it up. The say in his defense that it was a private conversation, but it still weird to say that despite of his views and talks about hell before then.
Originally posted by Emperordmb
TBH that used to be more of a debate in the days of the earlier church apparently, between Hell (mainstream now), annihilationism (those unworthy of heaven just die), and universal reconciliation (errbody gets into Heaven).
A lot of Christians now still don't believe in Satan either.
That article flat out says the journalist didn't take notes and considers his meetings with the pope a "chat". And quote: "The pope, in fact, has often talked about hell as a very real final destination for the wicked, and the Vatican made clear that the “literal words pronounced by the pope are not quoted” and that “no quotation of the article should be considered as a faithful transcription of the words of the Holy Father.”[
So he believes in hell.
Speaking as a nondenominational Christian, I find the contrast between Catholicism and Protestantism rather interesting. I'm not a fan of the centralized power in Catholicism which has a tendency towards corruption, but at the same time there's a certain ritualistic discipline to Catholicism I deeply admire. I think something like confession for example is actually a very good practice (despite its historic abuse at some points in history where people would pay for pardons from God, forget what exactly it was called).