Italy’s daily La Repubblica newspaper ran another “colloquy” this morning, between the paper’s 93-year-old atheist founder, Eugenio Scalfari, and the 81-year-old Bishop of Rome, Francis. To hear Scalfari tell it, he and the Pope discussed a broad array of topics ranging from cosmogenesis, to the eternal fate of those who die in sin, to the present and future of Europe. To hear Scalfari tell it is not, however, satisfactory or even acceptable according to the Press Office of the Holy See, which issued the following statement regarding the piece that appeared in La Repubblica under it founder’s by-line:
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Don't trust the claims that Pope Francis doesn't believe in hell
Pope Francis is on record as affirming its existence
Christopher R. Altieri

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