Pope Francis said that although 'it's not dogma,' he likes to think hell is 'empty.' Our Lord Jesus Christ and Our Lady of Fatima very clearly attest to the reality of hell, where the devil, his angels, and 'many' souls have gone.
The Ivory Coast bishops explained that Francis' publication of Fidicuia Supplicans 'has sown enormous confusion and doubts in the minds of the people of God in Côte d’Ivoire.'
'Within the faithful LGBTI+ world, the recent statement by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, Fiducia Supplicans, is seen as a huge step toward the recognition of faithful and lasting homosexual relationships,' celebrated the heterodox members of the church in Belgium.
'We must love the sinner, and we do love sinners most sincerely, but we must hate sin, and we must uphold the Church's constant and unchangeable teaching both in faith and morals,' wrote the Congregation of the Sons of the Most Holy Redeemer.
Calling the Vatican's scandalous approval of the blessing of same-sex 'couples' inspiring, the Diocese of Hong Kong said it 'hopes' people will seek these blessings while praising Pope Francis for his 'keen pastoral instincts.'
'I hereby prohibit all priests in the Catholic Diocese of Wote from blessing couples in irregular situations or same-sex couples,' wrote Paul Kariuki Njiru, the first-ever bishop of the newly created Diocese of Wote, Kenya.
'I think the blessings of such unions would, in fact, lead to confusion and scandal among the faithful regarding the Church’s teaching on marriage and sexuality,' the faithful priest wrote.
The Zambian bishops wrote that 'blessings' of homosexual couples can never be approved because of unchangeable Catholic teaching that the Church cannot bless sinful relationships.
The pope or a bishop may be, by virtue of his office, a member of the magisterium, but his teaching, if it contradicts the received previous magisterial teaching, is not magisterial. Such false teaching simply fails to meet the necessary criteria.