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\u201cThere is no hell where the souls of sinners suffer in eternity,\u201d Pope Francis was quoted as saying in a Thursday interview with Italian daily La Repubblica.<\/p>\n
Francis said: \u201cAfter death, the souls of people who repent are pardoned by God and join in his contemplation, but those who do not repent, and therefore cannot be pardoned, disappear.<\/p>\n
\u201cHell does not exist \u2013 what exists is the disappearance of sinful souls.\u201d<\/p>\n
The pope was interviewed by Eugenio Scalfari, a veteran Italian journalist and atheist, who regularly muses about faith and religion, and enjoys access to the leader of the Catholic Church.<\/p>\n
In the past, the veracity of quotes he attributed to the pope has been called into question, especially after the 93-year-old Scalfari admitted to never using a tape recorder during interviews.<\/p>\n
However, the Vatican has never complained about Scalfari\u2019s work, and Francis has continued giving interviews to him.<\/p>\n
However, Vatican issued a statement, stressing that Pope Francis’ claims, in\u00a0which he allegedly denies the existence of\u00a0hell, are a pure “reconstruction” of\u00a0journalist Eugenio Scalfari, who interviewed the pontiff and cannot be regarded as\u00a0a genuine transcription of\u00a0his words.<\/p>\n
Some users in\u00a0social media doubted the accuracy of\u00a0La Repubblica’s report from\u00a0the very beginning, as\u00a0this is not the first time that 93-year-old Scalfari, an atheist journalist, makes the Vatican uneasy, citing distorted quotes of\u00a0Pope Francis.<\/p>\n
In addition, Scalfari has repeatedly admitted not to\u00a0be using a recorder during\u00a0his interviews with\u00a0the pontiff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201cThere is no hell where the souls of sinners suffer in eternity,\u201d Pope Francis was quoted as saying in a Thursday interview with Italian daily La Repubblica. Francis said: \u201cAfter death, the souls of people who repent are pardoned by God and join in his contemplation, but those who do not repent, and therefore cannot […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9476,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"news-category":[323,322],"class_list":["post-9474","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-category-top-news","news-category-world","entry","has-media"],"yoast_head":"\n