VATICAN CITY (CNS) – People who act shocked that a priest would bless a gay couple but have no problem with him blessing a crooked businessman are hypocrites, Pope Francis said.

“The most serious sins are those that are disguised with a more ‘angelic’ appearance. No one is scandalized if I give a blessing to an entrepreneur who perhaps exploits people, which is a very serious sin. Whereas they are scandalized if I give it to a homosexual – this is hypocrisy,” he told the Italian magazine Credere.

The interview was scheduled for publication Feb. 8, but Vatican News reported on some of its content the day before when the magazine issued a press release about the interview.

  • Orionza@lemmy.worldEnglish
    119·
    1 year ago

    When God says something is incorrect, that doesn’t change because people have become modern and adapt to the times. An act of abomination is still an abomination. How few stand on the side of God today!

    • Mossy Feathers (She/Her)@pawb.socialEnglish
      11·
      1 year ago

      Not a Christian anymore, but I strongly remember being taught that Jesus said that through him all are saved.

      Everyone.

      Not, “everyone except Brian over there”.

      E V E R Y O N E

      I don’t care if the Bible says “gay=bad”; in my mind that’s just another sin on a mountain of shit because if Jesus, the son of God, says everyone is saved through him, then everyone is saved through him. No exceptions.

    • DRx@lemmy.worldEnglish
      111·
      1 year ago

      I believe Jesus also said

      Matthew 7:5 Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

      So maybe we should focus on our own paths in life rather than someone else’s life decision that has 0 bearing on whether you or I go to heaven or hell?

      I mean why people are so obsessed with what people do in their own home, on their own dime, and their own time is beyond me.

      Christofacists just want to control others. They don’t care what Jesus said. They don’t want to FOLLOW Jesus, They want to BE Jesus and tell others how to live.

      • Orionza@lemmy.worldEnglish
        213·
        1 year ago

        I’m not a Christian but okay. I believe Jesus would stand on God’s side and not go against His rulings. When people state truth that others don’t want to accept, they can be verbally attacked. They have the right to say their truth as well.

        • 20hzservers@lemmy.worldEnglish
          10·
          1 year ago

          Ah so you’re a troll got it. You’re making zero logically coherent arguments in this thread.

        • seejur@lemmy.worldEnglish
          6·
          1 year ago

          Do you realize that for Christians God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit are the same entity correct? Jesus is the son of God, and at the same time IS God.

    • jtk@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      God has never said anything. Humans wrote a book.

    • Marin_Rider@aussie.zoneEnglish
      21·
      1 year ago

      “god” says lots of things. interpretations need to change with time