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Vatican clarifies Pope's statement: Atheists are still going to hell

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Jean Valjean

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After Pope Francis told the world even atheists can go to heaven, the Vatican issued a correction: Atheists are still going to hell.

The Vatican issued an “explanatory note on the meaning of “salvation,” on Thursday, May 23, after media reports circulated indicating that Pope Francis” promised heaven for everyone engaged in good works, including atheists.

In response to the media attention, the Rev. Thomas Rosica, a Vatican spokesman, said that people who know about the Catholic church “cannot be saved” if they “refuse to enter her or remain in her.”

(Translation: Atheists are going to Hell if they don’t accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour.)

Rosica also said that Francis had “no intention of provoking a theological debate on the nature of salvation,” during his homily on Wednesday.

The current theological confusion began after the leader of the world's 1.2 billion Roman Catholics made comments during the homily of his morning Mass on Wednesday, May 22, indicating that atheists would enjoy the fruits of eternal salvation if they were good people. Francis said:

The Lord has redeemed all of us, all of us, with the Blood of Christ: all of us, not just Catholics. Everyone! ‘Father, the atheists?’ Even the atheists. Everyone!

We are created children in the likeness of God and the Blood of Christ has redeemed us all! And we all have a duty to do good. And this commandment for everyone to do good, I think, is a beautiful path towards peace. If we, each doing our own part, if we do good to others, if we meet there, doing good, and we go slowly, gently, little by little, we will make that culture of encounter: we need that so much. We must meet one another doing good. ‘But I don’t believe, Father, I am an atheist!’ But do good: we will meet one another there.
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http://www.examiner.com/article/vatican-corrects-pope-atheists-are-still-going-to-hell
 
O

Ohnonono

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I feel like if I met him in person he would tell me, "Yeah they don't know that for sure no sweat!"

This guy seems so nice.
 
U

Ushojax

Should probably not trust the 7-11 security cameras quite so much
This pope seems alright. Shame the gimps around him are as horrible as ever.
 
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BLACKLAC

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SquiddyCracker

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In response to the media attention, the Rev. Thomas Rosica, a Vatican spokesman, said that people who know about the Catholic church “cannot be saved” if they “refuse to enter her or remain in her.”
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This is some terrible innuendo.
 
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massoluk

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On this topic, I always ask, so what happened to the good Samaritan Jesus preached about to his disciple after he died, or King Cyrus the great, the liberator of Jewish people in the Bible.
 
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Colonel Mustard

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Well, they can't leech money from people if they don't get them to enter and stay with the church. No reason to commit if there's a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow for everyone.
 
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Kettch

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Isn't the pope supposed to speak for god or something? I don't think the vatican spokesperson can correct him.
 
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metalslimer

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Bowing to pressure from hardcore fundamentalists eh? If only they were as quick to react as they did here with child molestation cases Fuck the vatican.
 
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Stinkles

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Lol. Like rescinding a quarter from the tooth fairy. News flash Vatican, you're not going to heaven either.
 
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Jacob

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Kettch said:
Isn't the pope supposed to speak for god or something? I don't think the vatican spokesperson can correct him.
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The Vatican isn't "correcting" him, they're just clarifying his comments. A number of people pointed out a few days ago that the Pope didn't actually say atheists were going to get into heaven, but a combination of translation issues and typical shitty reporting meant that didn't get communicated.
 
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