Does the Pope Believe in Hell?: By Patrick J. Buchanan
"Pope Declares No Hell?"
So ran the riveting headline on the Drudge Report of Holy Thursday.
Drudge quoted this exchange, published in La Repubblica, between Pope Francis and his atheist friend, journalist Eugenio Scalfari.
Scalfari: "What about bad souls? Where are they punished?"
Bad souls "are not punished," Pope Francis is quoted, "those who do not repent and cannot therefore be forgiven disappear. There is no hell, there is the disappearance of sinful souls."
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The article continues with the Vatican statement that claims to deny this as a true quote. The denial is worse than the quote itself because of an attempt to hide the truth, if the quote is truthful. The dude said it or he didn't say it.
An "oops" won't do, as Buchanan points out.
Al Fin: "Cowboy Commentary", aka "Eat your veggies" The Flag banner is posted in order to defy those who would make patriotic symbols illegal or disreputable.
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