In a recent interview with an Italian magazine, Pope Francis provided more comments on “Fiducia Supplicans,” highlighting the hypocrisy behind those shocked that a priest would bless a gay couple but have no problem with him blessing a crooked businessman.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) – People who act shocked that a priest would bless a gay couple but have no problem with him blessing a crooked businessman are hypocrites, Pope Francis said.

“The most serious sins are those that are disguised with a more ‘angelic’ appearance. No one is scandalized if I give a blessing to an entrepreneur who perhaps exploits people, which is a very serious sin. Whereas they are scandalized if I give it to a homosexual – this is hypocrisy,” he told the Italian magazine Credere.

The interview was scheduled for publication Feb. 8, but Vatican News reported on some of its content the day before when the magazine issued a press release about the interview.

      • JojoEnglish
        5•11 months ago

        There’d be a schism, with the people who are currently getting upset instead just up and leaving. That might seem like a good thing, at first, but if the goal is to get everyone to heaven, you’re not really achieving it if half the people are leaving.

        I mean, you could say that you’re not achieving it either way, but that’s the thinking anyhow.

        • 𝕯𝖎𝖕𝖘𝖍𝖎𝖙English
          1•11 months ago

          heaven isn’t real. literally all he has to do is come out and say “had a chat with god, turns out it was all a big misunderstanding. i bless gay marriage because being gay is ok!” the bar is so very low for him.

          • JojoEnglish
            1•11 months ago

            Regardless, I’m fairly sure he would disagree with you, and I was discussing his motivations.

              • JojoEnglish
                1•11 months ago

                I try to be more generous than that when considering other people’s motivations, even those whose actions I find despicable.

                It obviously doesn’t excuse despicable actions, but it does give the opportunity to recognize when people are trying to be better.

                  • JojoEnglish
                    0•11 months ago

                    Holding leaders to a higher standard doesn’t mean calling them evil because they believe something different than you, it means not letting them hide behind their religion for their choices.

                    But given that he does believe in heaven, and the organization he leads is made out of people who also believe in heaven, the fact that he’s trying to get as many people there as possible is hard to fault him for, especially when the thing he’s doing (telling the church to be more welcoming and kind to lgbtq folks) is objectively good.