What Did the Pope Say to the Atheist? It’s Up For Debate
It’s “solemn nonsense” to try to convert nonbelievers to Christianity, said Pope Francis. Or so we think.
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It’s “solemn nonsense” to try to convert nonbelievers to Christianity, said Pope Francis. Or so we think.
What exactly Francis meant in a recent interview with the atheist Italian journalist Eugenio Scalfari is up for debate, with some conservative Catholics and Southern Baptists fearing the worst – that Francis was dabbling dangerously in relativism.
Read the interview, or ‘dialogue’ here, and decide for yourself.
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