All faiths lead to God, Pope tells youth in Singapore
September 13, 2024
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CWN Editor's Note: “All religions are paths to reach God,” Pope Francis told a gathering of young people in Singapore on September 13.
“They are like different languages in order to arrive at God, but God is God for everyone,” the Pontiff said, having set aside a prepared text to speak extemporaneously. “Since God is God for all, then we are all children of God.”
“If you start to fight—‘My religion is more important than your’s; mine is true and your’s isn’t’—then where will that lead us?” the Pope continued.
Making an argument that seemed clearly in conflict with the constant teaching of the Catholic Church—as expressed most recently in Dominus Jesus in its warning against religious indifferentism—Pope Francis said: “There is only one God, and each of us has a language to reach God. Some are Sikh, some Muslim, Hindu, Christian. And they are all paths to God.”
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Posted by: Retired01 -
Sep. 16, 2024 1:55 PM ET USA
Syncretism is a heresy, and Pope Francis does not appear to have any problems with it. This is not the first time that he appears to suggest that all religions lead to God. Will the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith do anything about this? Let's remember what happened to Bishop Vigano. What a pope says is more consequential for the integrity of the faith than what a bishop says
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Posted by: rfr46 -
Sep. 14, 2024 7:49 AM ET USA
PF is the anti missionary. He preaches that you do not need Christianity. Just keep doing what you are doing. And by the way, if you have converted to Christianity or been born into Christianity, it is ok to go to another "faith expression" because they are all essentially the same. Is that what you are saying, Your Holiness? And by the way, if you think you have a vocation to missionary work, you are wasting your time, because it is all the same.
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Posted by: grateful1 -
Sep. 13, 2024 8:08 PM ET USA
Yet another of Francis's relentless efforts to make over the Catholic faith into his own image and likeness.
