In a recent interview with an Italian magazine, Pope Francis provided more comments on “Fiducia Supplicans,” highlighting the hypocrisy behind those shocked that a priest would bless a gay couple but have no problem with him blessing a crooked businessman.

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.

  • @reddig33English
    -15•11 months ago

    Is it that simple though? This guy’s running around interpreting the Bible for a huge swath of the world’s population. Maybe people should read it themselves instead of letting some dude pass judgment on people, and in turn giving permission to others to pass along that same judgment.

    The only one who should be blessing or judging here is God.

    • @[email protected]English
      17•11 months ago

      We should start a new religion, based on protesting this idea of the book being interpreted by the priesthood.

      We could call it Protester’s Christianity or something. Protest Religion. Protestingism maybe.

        • ArxCyberwolfEnglish
          1•11 months ago

          Atheism is a lack of belief in a god or gods, not a religion itself. That’s like saying your favourite sport is not playing soccer.