Hypocrisy: Francis Wants to Absolve the Impenitent
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"I want to add something I said before: please do not tire of being merciful. Always forgive. When people come to confession, they come to ask for forgiveness, not to hear a lecture on theology. Please be merciful. Always forgive, because forgiveness has this grace of embracing, of welcoming. I urge you: always forgive".
Francis makes a fundamental mistake: in confession, it's not the priest who forgives, but Christ. The priest (or the Pope) is not the boss, Christ is the boss.
The impenitent sinner can't be forgiven according to the words of Christ: "Whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them: and whose sins you shall retain, they are retained" (John 20:23).
Francis' statement was also hypocritical, since he is personally brutal and merciless towards those he wants to punish.
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