Last week Pope Francis ventured above his his pay grade with a
fallible gaff of historic proportions. In his Wednesday public homily,
which usually includes unscripted comments, the Pope announced for the
first time in Catholic history, that even atheists can go to heaven by
doing good works.
Admittedly, this pontification wasn’t pronounced ex cathedra,
meaning he wasn’t sitting in his “I’m infallible, so this is God’s
truth even if it contradicts the Bible” seat, but still, one would
expect the leader of a religion to preach a message congruent with the
most elementary tenets of his own faith.
I understand that in Catholic doctrine the Pope holds the keys to the
kingdom and that whatever he binds on earth is bound in heaven. But
contemplate the implications for a moment. On Wednesday (May 22, 2013),
heaven suddenly got bound into admitting entry to atheists.
Historically, not even Baptists got into heaven, but apparently now God
is obligated to let any do-gooder in, even those who don’t acknowledge
Jesus at all. How ironic that he declared this on the Feast of St Rita
(the patron saint of impossible things).
Here’s a quote from his sermon… Continue at Clint Archer
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