Vatican rebukes journalist who quoted pope as denying hell

[Voltaire2]

The Vatican on Thursday rebuked a well-known Italian journalist who quoted Pope Francis as saying hell does not exist.

The Vatican issued a statement after the comments spread on social media, saying they did not properly reflect what the pope had said.


https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pope-hell/vatican-rebukes-journalist-who-quoted-pope-as-denying-hell-idUSKBN1H52H8

And anyone who says different - you know what's waiting for you!

[safeinOhio]

1. So the Pope is a small u

Universalist?

[monmouth4]

2. So ridiculous. Afraid they will lose a bit of control I think. Scare kids about hell so they will

fall in line. My boys went to Catholic School and figured it all out by third grade.

[MineralMan]

3. The Vatican said that. The Pope said something else.

They should coordinate their statements, perhaps.

[FBaggins]

5. Not quite

The Vatican said one thing... a reporter claimed that the Pope said something else. We don't know what the Pope said.

So now we're evaluating a "he said/he said" scenario. It's worth taking into account that one of the two sides is a 94 year old man who has now "reported" scandalous things the Pope supposedly said at least five times... without ever taking notes or recording the conversation.

[nil desperandum]

4. Geez...

I'm a non-believer and even I know hell exists....usually in third world nations across the globe where they exploit children on a daily basis for profit. From what I can see the catholics and their god don't worry about them though because they're not christians